Binding preferences of the POU domain protein Brain-4: Implications for autoregulation

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-221

  Malik, Karl F ^a   Kim, Jin ^b   Hartman, Adam L ^a,c   Kim, Paul ^a   Young III, W Scott ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Gene regulation; Hypothalamus; In situ hybridization; Neuropeptide; POU; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOMEOSTASIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029924765     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00308-F     Document Type: Article

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