Differential regulation of genes encoding synaptic proteins by members of the Brn-3 subfamily of POU transcription factors

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 279-285

  Morris, Peter J ^a   Lakin, Nick D ^a,d   Dawson, Sally J ^a   Ryabinin, Andrey E ^b   Kilimann, Manfred W ^c   Wilson, Michael C ^b   Latchman, David S ^a  

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

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bm 3; POU family transcription factor; SNAP 25; Synapsin; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

DNA; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030608508     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00207-0     Document Type: Article

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