Activity-dependent regulation of axonal growth: Posttranscriptional control of the GAP-43 gene by the NMDA receptor in developing hippocampus

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 208-220

  Cantallops, Isabel ^a,b   Routtenberg, Aryeh ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

GAP 43; Hippocampus; MK 801; Mouse; Posttranscriptional

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032741732     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19991105)41:2<208::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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