Repressor element silencing transcription factor/neuron-restrictive silencing factor (REST/NRSF) can act as an enhancer as well as a repressor of corticotropin-releasing hormone gene transcription
Seth, K.A.; Majzoub, J.A.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 276(17): 13917-13923
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9258 PMID: 11278361 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007745200
Accession: 011285743
The repressor element-1/neuron-restrictive silencing element (RE-1/NRSE) mediates transcriptional repression by the repressor element silencing transcription factor/neuron-restrictive silencing factor (REST/NRSF) in many neuron-specific genes. REST/NRSF is expressed most highly in non-neural tissues, where it is thought to repress gene transcription, but is also found in developing neurons and at low levels in the brain. Its null mutation in vivo results in embryonic lethality in mice.