Transcriptional repression of the growth-associated Tα1 α-tubulin gene by target contact

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 477-487

  Wu, Wendong ^a,c   Gloster, Andrew ^a   Miller, Freda D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal injury; motor neurons; neuronal regeneration; sympathetic neurons; transcriptional analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FACIAL NERVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030909732     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970601)48:5<477::AID-JNR8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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