Synaptic activity–responsive element (SARE) A unique genomic structure with an unusual sensitivity to neuronal activity

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-446

  Inoue, Masatoshi ^a   Yagishita Kyo, Nan ^a   Nonaka, Mio ^a   Kawashima, Takashi ^a   Okuno, Hiroyuki ^a   Bito, Haruhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc; calcium; CaMK; CREB; MEF2; plasticity; SRF; synaptic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451468861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.5.12287     Document Type: Article

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