DNA Methylation Is a Critical Cell-Intrinsic Determinant of Astrocyte Differentiation in the Fetal Brain

Developmental Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 749-758

  Takizawa, Takumi ^a,c   Nakashima, Kinichi ^a   Namihira, Masakazu ^a   Ochiai, Wataru ^a   Uemura, Atsumi ^a,b   Yanagisawa, Makoto ^a   Fujita, Naoyuki ^b   Nakao, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Taga, Tetsuya ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEINS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH INHIBITOR; LYMPHOKINE; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANS ACTIVATORS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CPG ISLAND; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FETUS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMAN; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TELENCEPHALON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035656305     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(01)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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