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A c-Jun dominant negative mutant protects sympathetic neurons against programmed cell death.
Neuron - 1 May 1995
Ham J, Babij C, Whitfield J, Pfarr C M, Lallemand D, Yaniv M, Rubin L L
Abstract excerpt
Sympathetic neurons depend on nerve growth factor (NGF) for survival and die by apoptosis in its absence. We have investigated the pattern of expression of the Jun and Fos family of transcription factors in dying sympathetic neurons using antibodies specific for each family member. When sympathetic neurons are deprived of NGF, the level of c-Jun protein significantly increases, whereas the levels of the other...
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