Co-localization of Nkx6.2 and Nkx2.2 homeodomain proteins in differentiated myelinating oligodendrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 458-468

  Cai, Jun ^a,b   Zhu, Qiang ^a   Zheng, Kang ^a,c   Li, Hong ^a   Qi, Yingchuan ^a   Cao, Qilin ^d   Qiu, Mengsheng ^a,c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Homeobox gene; Spinal cord; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; STEM CELL; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 76549125423     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20937     Document Type: Article

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