Mouse vesicular GABA transporter gene: Genomic organization, transcriptional regulation and chromosomal localization

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-139

  Ebihara, Satoe ^a,b   Obata, Kunihiko ^a,b   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expression; GABA; Gene structure; Promoter; Vesicular GABA transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; LUCIFERASE; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0037474141     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00648-4     Document Type: Article

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