Cell plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans: From induced to natural cell reprogramming

Genesis

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Hajduskova, Martina ^a   Ahier, Arnaud ^a   Daniele, Thomas ^a   Jarriault, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Direct cell type conversion; Direct reprogramming; Epigenetics; Germ line; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; N (2,3 DIHYDROXYPROPOXY) 3,4 DIFLUORO 2 (2 FLUORO 4 IODOANILINO)BENZAMIDE; RAS PROTEIN;

BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; ENZYME REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; MESODERM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE CELL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OOCYTE; PLASTICITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EPIGENOMICS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELLS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84856218277     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20806     Document Type: Review

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