Conserved elements in the 5' regulatory region of the amyloid precursor protein gene in primates

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-206

  Adroer, Rosa ^a   López Acedo, Cristina ^a   Oliva, Rafael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

activator protein 1; activator protein 2; amyloid precursor protein expression; amyloid precursor protein promoter; apolipoprotein E B1; heat shock element; regulation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0343145688     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00283-8     Document Type: Article

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