AP-1 transcription factor binding activity in rat adrenal medulla and hypothalamus with age and cold exposure

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1065-1069

  Tumer N ^a,b   Scarpace, P J ^a,b   Baker, Henry V ^b   Larochelle, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 1; AP 3; TRE; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 3; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; AGING; ANIMALS; COLD; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 0342276121     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(97)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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