Brn3a regulation of TrkA/NGF receptor expression in developing sensory neurons

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3525-3534

  Ma, Long ^a   Lei, Lei ^a   Eng, S Raisa ^b   Turner, Eric ^b   Parada, Luis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bax; Brn3a; Sensory neuron; Transcriptional regulation; TrkA

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN BAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REPORTER GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENICS;

BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0041976014     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00582     Document Type: Article

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