The Sox9 transcription factor determines glial fate choice in the developing spinal cord

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1677-1689

  Stolt, C Claus ^a   Lommes, Petra ^a   Sock, Elisabeth ^a   Chaboissier, Marie Christine ^b   Schedl, Andreas ^b   Wegner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; HMG box; Neural stem cell; Oligodendrocyte; Sox10; Sry

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTIN FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL FATE; CRE GENE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLIA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; INTERNEURON; LOXP GENE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SRY GENE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037663384     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.259003     Document Type: Article

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