Biological activity of RE-1 silencing transcription factor (REST) towards distinct transcriptional activators

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1303-1312

  Lietz, Michael ^a   Bach, Karl ^a   Thiel, Gerald ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CREB2; Neural restrictive silencer element (NRSE); Neuron restrictive silencer factor (NRSF); RE 1 silencing transcription factor (REST); Transcriptional activation; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RE1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TITRIMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES; GENES, REPORTER; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0035783997     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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