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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- I. Characteristics of AP-1 Subunits -- Chapter 1 General Structure of AP-1 Subunits and Characteristics of the Jun Proteins -- Chapter 2 The Fos Family: Gene and Protein Structure, Homologies, and Differences -- II. Regulation of AP-1 Activity and Synthesis -- A. Protein-Protein Interactions -- Chapter 3 Factors Modulating AP-1 Activity -- Chapter 4 Steroid Receptor-AP-1 Interaction: Cross-Coupling of Signal Transduction Pathways -- B. Posttranslational Modification -- Chapter 5 Regulation of c-Jun Activity by Phosphorylation -- Chapter 6 Involvement of Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation in the Control of AP-1 Activity -- C. Nuclear Uptake -- Chapter 7 c-Fos Protein Transport into the Nucleus -- D. Promoter Regulation -- Chapter 8 Transcriptional Regulation of the Human c-fos Proto-Oncogene -- Chapter 9 Structure and Regulation of the c-jun Promoter -- III. Functions in Physiological Processes -- A. AP-1-Regulated Target Genes -- Chapter 10 Identification of AP-1-Regulated Genes -- B. Neural Cell Function -- Chapter 11 Fos/Jun in Brain Function -- C. Differentiation -- Chapter 12 c-Fos in Differentiation and Development -- D. Stress Response -- Chapter 13 Modulation of Fos and Jun in Response to Adverse Environmental Agents -- IV. Functions in Pathology -- A. Fos and Jun Oncogenes -- Chapter 14 Role of Fos Proteins in the Induction of Transformation and DNA Synthesis -- Chapter 15 Oncogenic Transformation by Jun -- B. Oncogenes Acting Through Fos and Jun -- Chapter 16 Role of the Raf Signal Transduction Pathway in Fos/Jun Regulation and Determination of Cell Fates -- Chapter 17 Oncogene and Tumor Suppressor Gene Products Regulating c-fos Expression -- C. Adenovirus E1A-AP-1 Connection