The Ets transcription factor Fev is specifically expressed in the human central serotonergic neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 357, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-218

  Maurer, Philippe ^a   Rorive, Sandrine ^b   D'Exaerde, Alban De Kerchove ^a   Schiffmann, Serge N ^a   Salmon, Isabelle ^b   De Launoit, Yvan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptaminergic; Ets transcription factor Fev; Human serotonergic neurons

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FIFTH EWING VARIANT GENE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 1542315518     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.086     Document Type: Article

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