A feedback loop mediated by degradation of an inhibitor is required to initiate neuronal differentiation

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-218

  Sobieszczuk, Dorothy F ^a   Poliakov, Alexei ^a   Xu, Qiling ^a   Wilkinson, David G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cul3 adaptor; Neurogenesis; Plzf; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 1; PROTEIN BTBD6A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; UBIQUITINATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; UBIQUITINATION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 75149152034     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.554510     Document Type: Article

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