Control elements between -9.5 and -3.0 kb in the human tissue-type plasminogen activator gene promoter direct spatial and inducible expression to the murine brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 799-808

  Yu, Hong ^a   Schleuning, Wolf Dieter ^b   Michl, Marna ^b   Liberatore, Gabriel ^a,c   Tan, Seong Seng ^d   Medcalf, Robert L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene transcription; Medial habenula; NFAT; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HABENULA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STAINING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; PC12 CELL LINE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TERATOCARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HABENULA; HUMANS; LAC OPERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; TERATOCARCINOMA; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036421256     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01700.x     Document Type: Article

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