Members of the myocyte enhancer factor 2 transcription factor family differentially regulate Bdnf transcription in response to neuronal depolarization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 12780-12785

  Lyons, Michelle R ^a   Schwarz, Charlotte M ^a   West, Anne E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2A; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2C; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2D; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE SILENCING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NEURONS; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84866253260     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0534-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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