5′-Flanking sequence and promoter activity of the rabbit neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) gene

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 566-574

  Jeong, Yongsu ^a,b   Won, Jaejoon ^a   Kim, Changsoo ^a   Yim, Jeongbin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Neuronal nitric oxide promoter; Rabbit; Synthase

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CODON; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RABBIT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RABBITS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034739495     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-000-0566-7     Document Type: Article

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