The Roles of Serum Response Factor (SRF) in Development and Function of the Brain

Transcription Factors in the Nervous System: Development, Brain Function, and Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 95-111

  Knöll, Bernd ^a   Nordheim, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain function; Essential requirement for SRF in neuronal migration; Learning and memory; Neural development; Neurite outgrowth and axonal guidance; Neuronal expression patterns of SRF; Roles of serum response factor (SRF); SRF in neurological disorders; SRF target genes; SRF mediated gene expression; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889487528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527608036.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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