The CART gene: Structure and regulation

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1913-1918

  Dominguez, Geraldina ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CART gene; Cocaine; CRE; CREB; PKA; Promoter

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FORSKOLIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOREXIA; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRAIN GH3; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33746025997     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.01.025     Document Type: Review

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