Neuron cell type-specific SNAP-25 expression driven by multiple regulatory elements in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-247

  Hwang, Soon Baek ^a   Lee, Junho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C. briggsae; C. elegans; Intronic regulation; SNAP 25; UNC 86

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MEC 3; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 23; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 86; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MOTONEURON; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHAGEMID; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOUCH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 0141535021     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.08.055     Document Type: Article

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