Caspase-3 is a target gene of c-Jun: ATF2 heterodimers during apoptosis induced by activity deprivation in cerebellar granule neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 505, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Song, Bin ^a   Xie, Bo ^a   Wang, Chong ^a   Li, Mingtao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ATF2; C Jun; Caspase 3; Neuron; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; CASPASE 3; HETERODIMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN C JUN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPREGULATION;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 81055140168     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.060     Document Type: Article

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