Epigenetic modifications of SOX2 enhancers, SRR1 and SRR2, correlate with in vitro neural differentiation

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1680-1693

  Sikorska, Marianna ^a   Sandhu, Jagdeep K ^a   Deb Rinker, Paromita ^a   Jezierski, Anna ^a   LeBlanc, Julie ^a   Charlebois, Claudie ^a   Ribecco Lutkiewicz, Maria ^a   Bani Yaghoub, Mahmud ^a   Walker, P Roy ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; DNA methylation; Glia activation; Histone acetylation; Neurogenesis; Proliferation; Quiescence

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; PROTEIN SRR1; PROTEIN SRR2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACETYLATION; ASTROCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 45549083482     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21635     Document Type: Article

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