Chapter 5 Translational control of gene expression: A molecular switch for memory storage

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2008, Pages 81-95

  Costa Mattioli, Mauro ^a   Sonenberg, Nahum ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

eIF2 ; GCN2; long term memory; synaptic plasticity; translational control

Indexed keywords

EIF2 ALPHA PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EIF2AK4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; GCN2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION STORAGE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 41549101139     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)00005-2     Document Type: Review

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