Mechanism of promoter activity of the β-amyloid precursor protein gene in different cell lines: Identification of a specific 30 bp fragment in the proximal promoter region

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1432-1444

  Ge, Yuan Wen ^a   Ghosh, Chandramallika ^a,b   Song, Weihong ^a,c   Maloney, Bryan ^a   Lahiri, Debomoy K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b N Amer Science Associates (NAMSA)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta protein; DNA protein interaction; Neuron; Promoter; Tissue specificity; Transcription; UTR

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; APP GENE; ARTICLE; BETA AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN GENE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GATA 1 GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544288083     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02608.x     Document Type: Article

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