Epigenetic mechanisms in sequential differentiation of neural stem cells

Epigenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Sanosaka, Tsukasa ^a   Namihira, Masakazu ^a,b   Nakashima, Kinichi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Neural stem cell; NFIA; Notch

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR I;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 66449104953     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.4.2.8233     Document Type: Review

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