Specification of astrocytes by bHLH protein SCL in a restricted region of the neural tube

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7066, 2005, Pages 360-363

  Muroyama, Yuko ^a,c   Fujiwara, Yuko ^b   Orkin, Stuart H ^a,b   Rowitch, David H ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; NEUROLOGY;

ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS); STEM CELLS;

PROTEINS;

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; STEM CELL LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OLIG 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MEDICINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLIA CELL; HEMATOPOIESIS; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27844606461     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04139     Document Type: Article

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