The zinc finger transcription factor Klf7 is required for TrkA gene expression and development of nociceptive sensory neurons

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1354-1364

  Lei, Lei ^a   Laub, Friedrich ^b   Lush, Mark ^a   Romero, Mario ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Luikart, Bryan ^a   Klesse, Laura ^a   Ramirez, Francesco ^b   Parada, Luis F ^a  

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

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Klf7; Neurotrophin; Nociception; Sensory neuron; Transcriptional regulation; TrkA

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, TRKA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 22344442165     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1227705     Document Type: Article

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