Pax6 directly modulate Sox2 expression in the neural progenitor cells

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-417

  Wen, Jinhua ^a   Hu, Qikuan ^a,b   Li, Meiyu ^a   Wang, Shuling ^a   Zhang, Lirong ^a   Chen, Yuanyuan ^a   Li, Lingsong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neural progenitor cells; Pax6; Proliferation; Sox2; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LUCIFERASE REPORTER GENE ASSAY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 39749098674     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f64377     Document Type: Article

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