Localization and local translation of Arc/Arg3.1 mRNA at synapses: Some observations and paradoxes

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Steward, Oswald ^a,b   Farris, Shannon ^a,d   Pirbhoy, Patricia S ^a   Darnell, Jennifer ^c   Van Driesche, Sarah J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc Arg3.1; Dendrite; Dendritic mRNA; Dendritic spines; Immediate early genes; LTP; Protein synthesis; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; AMPA RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARC GENE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE GRADIENT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84921001031     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00101     Document Type: Article

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