A tool for examining the role of the zinc finger myelin transcription factor 1 (Myt1) in neural development: Myt1 knock-in mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 951-961

  Hudson, Lynn D ^a   Romm, Elena ^a   Berndt, Jo Ann ^a   Nielsen, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corepressors; Myelinogenesis; Oligodendrocytes; Transcriptional networks; Zinc finger transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETHAL GENE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, LETHAL; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

MUS;

EID: 79960456228     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9470-x     Document Type: Article

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