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Glial fibrillary acidic protein gene promoter is differently modulated by transforming growth factor‐beta 1 in astrocytes from distinct brain regions
1 Apr 2004
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The expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), the major intermediate filament protein of mature astrocytes, is regulated under developmental and pathological conditions. Recently, we have investigated GFAP gene modulation by using a transgenic mouse bearing part of the GFAP gene promoter linked to the beta-galactosidase reporter gene. We demonstrated that cerebral cortex neurons activate the GFAP gene...
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