Cross-Regulation between an Alternative Splicing Activator and a Transcription Repressor Controls Neurogenesis

Molecular Cell

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 843-850

  Raj, Bushra ^a   O'Hanlon, Dave ^a   Vessey, John P ^b   Pan, Qun ^a   Ray, Debashish ^a   Buckley, Noel J ^c   Miller, Freda D ^a,b   Blencowe, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NEURAL SPECIFIC SERINE ARGININE REPEAT RELATED PROTEIN 100; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REST 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052238639     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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