Transcriptional regulation of neurofilament expression by protein kinase A

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-252

  White, L A ^a   Reeben, M ^b   Saarma, M ^b   Whittemore, S R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Miami Project   (United States)

Author keywords

neurofilament; Sp1; transcription

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031034675     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970201)47:3<242::AID-JNR2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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