A hierarchy of Hu RNA binding proteins in developing and adult neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3024-3037

  Okano, Hirotaka J ^a   Darnell, Robert B ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; Hu onconeural antigen; neuron specific gene expression; paraneoplastic neurologic disease; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030909816     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03024.1997     Document Type: Article

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