Type I bHLH Proteins Daughterless and Tcf4 Restrict Neurite Branching and Synapse Formation by Repressing Neurexin in Postmitotic Neurons

Cell Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 386-397

  D'Rozario, Mitchell ^a   Zhang, Ting ^b   Waddell, Edward A ^a   Zhang, Yonggang ^b   Sahin, Cem ^c   Sharoni, Michal ^a   Hu, Tina ^a   Nayal, Mohammad ^a   Kutty, Kaveesh ^a   Liebl, Faith ^d   Hu, Wenhui ^b   Marenda, Daniel R ^a,e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH; Daughterless; NMJ; Pitt Hopkins; Proneural; Schizophrenia; TCF4

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TYPE I PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DAUGHTERLESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NRX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN BINDING; TCF4 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LOCOMOTION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; AXON; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE KNOCKDOWN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NEURITE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MICE; MITOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURITES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84962110241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.034     Document Type: Article

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