A new Cys2/His2 zinc finger gene, rKr1, expressed in oligodendrocytes and neurons

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-121

  Pott, Uwe ^a,b   Colello, Raymond J ^a,c   Schwab, Martin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidic domain; Central nervous system; Glial cell; Kruppel type zinc finger protein; Rat; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CYSTEINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0029996699     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00340-X     Document Type: Article

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