ELAV tumor antigen, Hel-N1, increases translation of neurofilament M mRNA and induces formation of neurites in human teratocarcinoma cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-461

  Antic, Dragana ^a   Lu, Ning ^a   Keene, Jack D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ARE; AU rich elements; Differentiation; hNT2; NF M; RNA stability; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEURITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TERATOCARCINOMA; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0033557936     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.4.449     Document Type: Article

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