Immediate Early Genes and Inducible Transcription Factors in Mapping of the Central Nervous System Function and Dysfunction (Handbook of Chemical Neuroanatomy)
Contributors: L. Kaczmarek (Editor); H.A. Robertson (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: July 1, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780444508355
First sentence: The term 'inducible transcription factors' (ITFs) refers to proteins which share two features: (1) they are products of immediate-early genes, and (2) they can specifically bind to regulatory DNA sequences and activate or repress transcription of target late response genes.