Crucial roles of histone-modifying enzymes in mediating neural cell-type specification

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-36

  Lee, Seunghee ^a   Lee, Soo Kyung ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GCN5; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 3; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 8; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LIM PROTEIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 2; PROTEIN P300; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIRTUIN 1; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRICHOSTATIN A; VALPROIC ACID; WNT PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEACETYLATION; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; METHYLATION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

EID: 76749144535     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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