A minimal promoter for the GABA(A) receptor α6-subunit gene controls tissue specificity

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1858-1869

  McLean, Pamela J ^a,b   Shpektor, Diana ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Sabita ^a   Russek, Shelley J ^a   Farb, David H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell specific expression; Cerebellum; GABA(A) receptor 6 gene; Promoter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034007270     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741858.x     Document Type: Article

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