Molecular mechanisms regulating NGF-mediated enhancement of cholinergic neuronal phenotype: c-Fos trans-activation of the choline acetyltransferase gene

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-93

  Pongrac, Julie L ^a   Rylett, R Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Antisense; c fos; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic; Nerve growth factor; Primary cultures; RT PCR; Trans activation

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHENOTYPE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031765072     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/jmn:11:1:79     Document Type: Article

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