Sequentially acting Sox transcription factors in neural lineage development

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2453-2464

  Bergsland, Maria ^a   Ramsköld, Daniel ^a   Zaouter, Cécile ^a   Klum, Susanne ^a   Sandberg, Rickard ^a   Muhr, Jonas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lineage formation; Neural development; Neural stem cells; Sox genes

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SOXC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 82955247074     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.176008.111     Document Type: Article

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