Identification of the promoter region and the 5′-untranslated exons of the human voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.1 gene (SCN1A) and enhancement of gene expression by the 5′-untranslated exons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3375-3381

  Long, Yue Sheng ^a   Zhao, Qi Hua ^a   Su, Tao ^a   Cai, Yang Lin ^a   Zeng, Yang ^a   Shi, Yi Wu ^a   Yi, Yong Hong ^a   Chang, Hao Hui ^a   Liao, Wei Ping ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Sodium channel; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; RNA; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ISOLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL LINE; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 57049094891     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21790     Document Type: Article

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