Regulation of a Purkinje cell-specific promoter by homeodomain proteins: Repression by engrailed-2 vs. synergistic activation by Hoxa5 and Hoxb7

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 559-571

  Sanlioglu, Salih ^a   Zhang, Xulun ^a   Baader, Stephan L ^a   Oberdick, John ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Engrailed; Hox; Mouse; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PURKINJE CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031690164     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19980915)36:4<559::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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