Glucocorticoid receptor and myocyte enhancer factor 2 cooperate to regulate the expression of c-JUN in a neuronal context

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 209-218

  Speksnijder, Niels ^a   Christensen, Kenneth V ^b   Didriksen, Michael ^b   De Kloet, E Ronald ^a   Datson, Nicole A ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C JUN; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Myocyte enhancer factor 2; PC 12 cells

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84865116504     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9809-2     Document Type: Article

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