Gene expression profiling identifies Hes6 as a transcriptional target of ATOH1 in cochlear hair cells

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4651-4656

  Scheffer, Deborah ^a   Sage, Cyrille ^a   Corey, David P ^b   Pingault, Veronique ^a  

^a INSERM U955   (France)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATOH1 protein; Basic Helix Loop Helix transcription factors; Ear, inner; Hair cells; Hairy and enhancer of split 6 (Drosophila) protein, mouse

Indexed keywords

ATOH1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCHLEA; E BOX ELEMENT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; HAIR CELL; HES6 EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34548755017     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.08.059     Document Type: Article

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