Mouse connexin37: Gene structure and promoter analysis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1492, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 499-504

  Seul, Kyung Hwan ^a   Beyer, Eric C ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Endothelial cell; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 37; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; INTRON; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONNEXINS; DNA; EXONS; GENOME; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034710316     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00122-6     Document Type: Article

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