Alternative splicing of the Brn-3a and Brn-3b transcription factor RNAs is regulated in neuronal cells

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-85

  Liu, Yu Zhen ^a   Dawson, Sally J ^a   Latchman, David S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Brn 3a; Brn 3b; Gene regulation; POU family transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; WISTAR RAT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030093785     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736850     Document Type: Article

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