Post-transcriptional regulation of zenk expression associated with zebra finch vocal development

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-290

  Whitney, Osceola ^a   Soderstrom, Ken ^a   Johnson, Frank ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

egr 1; Immediately early genes; krox 24; NGFI A; Vocal learning; zif 268

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SONGBIRDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0034665813     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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