A high throughput embryonic stem cell screen identifies Oct-2 as a bifunctional regulator of neuronal differentiation

Genes and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-588

  Theodorou, Elias ^a   Dalembert, George ^a   Heffelfinger, Christopher ^a   White, Erie ^b   Weissman, Sherman ^c   Corcoran, Lynn ^d   Snyder, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Genomics   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic stem cell; High throughput; Neuronal; Oct 2

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; PROTEIN VP16; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRANSGENE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-2; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 1; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SPLICING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 61849106081     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1772509     Document Type: Article

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