Publikationsdatum:
1990-09-14
Beschreibung:
POU proteins have been shown to transcriptionally active cell-specific genes and to participate in the determination of cell fate. It is therefore thought that these proteins function in development through the stable activation of genes that define specific developmental pathways. Evidence is provided here for an alternative mode of action. The primary structure of SCIP, a POU protein expressed by developing Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system, was deduced and SCIP activity was studied. Both in normal development and in response to nerve transection, SCIP expression was transiently activated only during the period of rapid cell division that separates the premyelinating and myelinating phases of Schwann cell differentiation. In cotransfection assays, SCIP acted as a transcriptional repressor of myelin-specific genes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Monuki, E S -- Kuhn, R -- Weinmaster, G -- Trapp, B D -- Lemke, G -- NS 23896/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Sep 14;249(4974):1300-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1975954" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Schlagwort(e):
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Cell Differentiation/genetics
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Cloning, Molecular
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Cyclic AMP/physiology
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Gene Library
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Genes, Homeobox/genetics/*physiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Myelin Sheath/metabolism
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Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/*physiology
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Octamer Transcription Factor-6
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Rats
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Repressor Proteins/genetics/*physiology
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Schwann Cells/*cytology/metabolism
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Transcription Factors/genetics/*physiology
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Transfection
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Digitale ISSN:
1095-9203
Thema:
Biologie
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Chemie und Pharmazie
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Informatik
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Medizin
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Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
,
Physik
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