NRSF downregulation induces neuronal differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells

Differentiation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Kumar Gupta, Shailesh ^a   Gressens, Pierre ^b,c   Mani, Shyamala ^a  

^a NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic stem cells; Neuron restrictive silencing factor; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEURON RESTRICTIVE SILENCING FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRETINOIN;

EID: 60849129476     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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