Synaptic plasticity and translation initiation

Learning and Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-372

  Klann, Eric ^a   Antion, Marcia D ^a   Banko, Jessica L ^a   Hou, Lingfei ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MODULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES; RNA 5' TERMINAL OLIGOPYRIMIDINE SEQUENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4043055356     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.79004     Document Type: Review

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