MYRF Is a Membrane-Associated Transcription Factor That Autoproteolytically Cleaves to Directly Activate Myelin Genes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bujalka, Helena ^a   Koenning, Matthias ^a   Jackson, Stacey ^a   Perreau, Victoria M ^a   Pope, Bernard ^a   Hay, Curtis M ^a   Mitew, Stanlislaw ^a   Hill, Andrew F ^b   Lu, Q Richard ^c   Wegner, Michael ^d   Srinivasan, Rajini ^e   Svaren, John ^e   Willingham, Melanie ^a   Barres, Ben A ^f   Emery, Ben ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MYRF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; MYELIN GENE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84883141717     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001625     Document Type: Article

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