Synapse-specific and neuregulin-induced transcription require an Ets site that binds GABPα/GABPβ

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3074-3083

  Fromm, Larry ^a   Burden, Steven J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; ErbBs; Ets proteins; GABP; Neuregulin; Neuromuscular synapse

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DIMERIZATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032191399     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.19.3074     Document Type: Article

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