Promoter activity of sea lamprey proopiocortin and proopiomelanotropin genes in AtT-20/D16v cells

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-187

  Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Nakata, Osamu ^a   Kosugi, Takayoshi ^a   Kako, Koichiro ^b   Sakai, Takafumi ^c   Ito, Michihiko ^a   Takamatsu, Nobuhiko ^a   Shiba, Tadayoshi ^a   Sower, Stacia A ^d   Kawauchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Agnathan; AtT 20 D16v cell; Melanophore stimulating hormone; Promoter activity; Proopiocortin; Proopiomelanocortin; Proopiomelanotropin; Sea lamprey

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LAMPREY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 26444561476     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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