A functional variable number of tandem repeats is located at the 5′ flanking region of the human secretin gene plays a downregulatory role in expression

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Lee, Leo T O ^a   Lam, Ian P Y ^a   Chow, Billy K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Secretin; Variable number of tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

SECRETIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SECRETIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 58149089287     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-008-9083-5     Document Type: Article

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