“Mechanisms of cell type-specific gene transcription : Studies on the choline acetyltransferase gene”
27 May, 1998
External examiner:
Thomas Perlmann
Ludwig Institue for Cancer Research
Stockholm, Sweden
This thesis is based on the following papers:
I. Lonnerberg, P., Schoenherr, C. J., Anderson, D. J., and Ibanez, C. F. (1996) Cell-specific regulation of the choline acetyltransferase gene: Role of the neuron-restrictive silencer element and cholinergic-specific enhancer sequences. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 33358-33365. [PDF]
II. Lonnerberg, P., Lendhal, U., Funakoshi, H., Arhlund-Richter, L., Persson, H., and Ibanez, C. F. (1995) Regulatory region in choline acetyltransferase gene directs developmental and tissue specific expression in transgenic mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 4046-4050. [PDF]
III. Lonnerberg, P. and Ibanez, C. F. (1998) Inducible and tissue-specific gene targeting to cholinergic neurons. Manuscript. [PDF]
IV. Lonnerberg, P., and Ibanez, C. F. (1998) Novel, testis-specific mRNA transcripts encoding N-terminally truncated choline acetyltransferase.Manuscript. Later published in 1999, Mol. Reprod. Dev. 53, 274-281. [PDF]
V. Lonnerberg P, Soder O, Parvinen M, Ritzen EM, Persson H. (1992) Beta-nerve growth factor influences the expression of androgen-binding protein messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat testis. Biol. Reprod. 47, 381-388. [PubMed]
VI. Lonnerberg P, Parvinen M, Jahnsen T, Hansson V, Persson H. (1992) Stage- and cell-specific expression of cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate-dependent protein kinases in rat seminiferous epithelium. Biol. Reprod. 46, 1057-1068. [PubMed]
