Effect of the ubiquitous transcription factors, SP1 and MAZ, on NMDA receptor subunit type 1 (NR1) expression during neuronal differentiation

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-96

  Okamoto, Shu Ichi ^a,b   Sherman, Katerina ^b   Bai, Guang ^b   Lipton, Stuart A ^a,b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

MAZ; Neurogenesis; NMDA receptor; NRSF REST; SP1

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAZ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GC RICH SEQUENCE; MICE; MUTATION; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037112088     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00440-0     Document Type: Article

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