A novel BDNF gene promoter directs expression to skeletal muscle

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Heinrich, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PUFFER FISH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TATA BOX; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ZEBRA FISH;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EGG YOLK; EXONS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LARVA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TAKIFUGU; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 2642566164     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-4-11     Document Type: Article

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