A transcription-activating polymorphism in the ACHE promoter associated with acute sensitivity to anti-acetylcholinesterases

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1273-1281

  Shapira, Michael ^a   Tur Kaspa, Ilan ^b   Bosgraaf, Leonard ^a   Livni, Nadav ^a   Grant, Alastair D ^a   Grisaru, Dan ^a,c   Korner, Mira ^a   Ebstein, Richard P ^d   Soreq, Hermona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA TRANSFECTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHINORRHEA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VOMITING;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034701812     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.9.1273     Document Type: Article

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