Specific ablation of the transcription factor CREB in sympathetic neurons surprisingly protects against developmentally regulated apoptosis

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1663-1670

  Parlato, Rosanna ^a   Otto, Christiane ^a,b   Begus, Yvonne ^a,c   Stotz, Stephanie ^a   Schütz, Günther ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CREB; CREM; Mouse; Sympathetic ganglia

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

MUS;

EID: 34249050429     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02838     Document Type: Article

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