Post-transcriptional regulation of the GAP-43 gene by specific sequences in the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1950-1958

  Tsai, Kao Chung ^a,c   Cansino, Victor V ^a   Kohn, Douglas T ^a,d   Neve, Rachael L ^b   Perrone Bizzozero, Nora I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GAP 43; gene expression; mRNA stability; neuronal differentiation; PC12 cells; post transcriptional regulation; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROMODULIN; PHORBOL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT;

EID: 0031037486     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-06-01950.1997     Document Type: Article

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