Distinct domains of Brn-3a regulate apoptosis and neurite outgrowth in vivo

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1421-1425

  Faulkes, David J ^a   Ensor, Elizabeth ^a   Le Rouzic, Erwan ^a   Latchman, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brn 3a; Neurite outgrowth; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEURITES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 3142783357     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000129371.81377.05     Document Type: Article

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