OLIG gene targeting in human pluripotent stem cells for motor neuron and oligodendrocyte differentiation

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 640-655

  Liu, Ying ^a,b   Jiang, Peng ^c,d   Deng, Wenbin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WHOLE CELL;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 79955548121     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.310     Document Type: Article

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