Inhibition of cortical astrocyte differentiation by Hes6 requires amino- and carboxy-terminal motifs important for dimerization and phosphorylation

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2022-2034

  Belanger Jasmin, Stephanie ^a   Llamosas, Estelle ^a   Tang, Yeman ^a   Joachim, Kerline ^a   Osiceanu, Ana Maria ^a   Jhas, Sumit ^a   Stifani, Stefano ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocyte differentiation; Cerebral cortex; Groucho; Hes; Neurogenesis; Notch

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HAIRY ENHANCER OF SPLIT 6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 36248990252     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04902.x     Document Type: Article

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