Epigenetic background of neuronal fate determination

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-117

  Wen, Shu ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Liu, Jia ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell fate determination; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Neural stem cell; Non coding RNA; Signaling pathway; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA CATENIN; BMI1 PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; NEURON RESTRICTIVE SILENCER FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR TLX; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RE1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRITHORAX GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; WNT PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEACETYLATION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 58349119327     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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