Directed neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells is a sensitive system for the identification of novel hox gene effectors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Bami, Myrto ^a   Episkopou, Vasso ^b   Gavalas, Anthony ^a   Gouti, Mina ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRABPI GENE; CRABPII GENE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOX GENE; HOXB1 GENE; LHX5 GENE; LHX9 GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXB1 HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LHX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LHX9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN I, CELLULAR; RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN II, CELLULAR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 79957573195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020197     Document Type: Article

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