Differentiation of neural stem cells into oligodendrocytes: Involvement of the Polycomb group protein Ezh2

Stem Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2875-2883

  Sher, Falak ^a   Rößler, Reinhard ^a   Brouwer, Nieske ^a   Balasubramaniyan, Veerakumar ^a   Boddeke, Erik ^a   Copray, Sjef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epigenetic regulation; Histone methylation; Oligodendrocyte differentiation; Polycomb group proteins; Self renewal

Indexed keywords

ENHANCER OF ZESTE HOMOLOG 2; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICE; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; STEM CELLS; TELENCEPHALON;

MUS;

EID: 56249129313     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2008-0121     Document Type: Article

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