Temporally- and spatially-regulated transcriptional activity of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β4 subunit gene promoter

Neuroscience

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 864-877

  Bruschweiler Li, L ^a   Fuentes Medel, Y F ^a   Scofield, M D ^a   Trang, E B T ^a   Binke, S A ^a   Gardner, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

gene expression; nicotinic receptor; transcription

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HABENULA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PC12 CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77249123836     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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