Bmi1 in development and tumorigenesis of the central nervous system

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 596-600

  Shakhova, Olga ^a,b   Leung, Carly ^a   Marino, Silvia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Clinical Pathology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bmi1; Cerebellum; Medulloblastoma; Neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN;

BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOID CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 23844432013     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0682-0     Document Type: Review

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