Regulation of neural gene transcription by optogenetic inhibition of the RE1-silencing transcription factor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E91-E100

  Paonessa, Francesco ^a,b,c   Criscuolo, Stefania ^a,b   Sacchetti, Silvio ^a   Amoroso, Davide ^a   Scarongella, Helena ^a   Bisogni, Federico Pecoraro ^a,b   Carminati, Emanuele ^a   Pruzzo, Giacomo ^a   Maragliano, Luca ^a   Cesca, Fabrizia ^a   Benfenati, Fabio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AsLOV2; Dynamics; Gene transcription; Molecular; Optogenetics; REST NRSF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LIM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR ELEMENT 1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMATIN; DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RE1-SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; AVENA; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; AVENA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATIN; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84953310923     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507355112     Document Type: Article

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