Regulation of alpha-synuclein expression in alcohol-preferring and -non preferring rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 470-482

  Liang, Tiebing ^a   Carr, Lucinda G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Expression; Gene regulation; mRNA stability; Polymorphism; Rat selected strains

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749165901     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04111.x     Document Type: Article

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