Concise review: Pax6 transcription factor contributes to both embryonic and adult neurogenesis as a multifunctional regulator

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1663-1672

  Osumi, Noriko ^a   Shinohara, Hiroshi ^a   Numayama Tsuruta, Keiko ^a,b   Maekawa, Motoko ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Differentiation; Embryonic neurogenesis; Neural stem cells; Pax6 transcription factor; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 9; ISOPROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 2; PROTEIN FABP7; PROTEIN WNT7B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55049119613     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0884     Document Type: Review

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