Regulation of neuronal gene expression

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Thiel, Gerald ^a   Lietz, Michael ^a   Leichter, Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; SYNAPSIN I; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMALS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0033024957     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050561     Document Type: Review

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