Coupling gene expression to cAMP signalling: Role of CREB and CREM

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-38

  Sassone Corsi, Paolo ^a  

^a CU de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; CREB; CREM; Cyclic AMP; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE CYCLIC AMP EARLY REPRESSOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOREGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FERTILITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032546367     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(97)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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