RE-1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST): Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression via Modification of the Chromatin Structure

Transcription Factors in the Nervous System: Development, Brain Function, and Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 113-128

  Thiel, Gerald ^a   Hohl, Mathias ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological activity of REST; Modification of chromatin structure; Modular structure of REST; Neural development; RE 1 silencing transcription factor (REST); Regulation of neuronal gene expression; Tissue specific gene expression; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 48149109178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527608036.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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