Neuronal c-Jun is required for successful axonal regeneration, but the effects of phosphorylation of its N-terminus are moderate

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 607-618

  Ruff, Crystal A ^a   Staak, Nils ^b   Patodia, Smriti ^a   Kaswich, Mark ^b   Rocha Ferreira, Eridan ^a   Da Costa, Clive ^c   Brecht, Stephan ^b   Makwana, Milan ^a   Fontana, Xavier ^c   Hristova, Mariya ^a   Rumajogee, Prakasham ^a   Galiano, Matthias ^a   Bohatschek, Marion ^a   Herdegen, Thomas ^b   Behrens, Axel ^c   Raivich, Gennadij ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain repair; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Phosphorylation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HERMES ANTIGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 10; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 9; PROTEIN C JUN; SERINE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AXONAL REGENERATION; C JUN GENE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; GENE; GENE DELETION; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; ATROPHY; AXONS; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 10; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 8; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 9; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN;

EID: 84859779183     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07706.x     Document Type: Article

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