Knockout of REST/NRSF shows that the protein is a potent repressor of neuronally expressed genes in non-neural tissues

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 372-376

  Jones, Frederick S ^a   Meech, Robyn ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RE1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RE1-SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033135879     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199905)21:5<372::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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