Repressor element 1 eilencing transcription factor couples loss of pluripotency with neural induction and neural differentiation

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-434

  Soldati, Chiara ^a   Bithell, Angela ^a   Johnston, Caroline ^a   Wong, Kee Yew ^b   Teng, Siaw Wei ^b   Beglopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Stanton, Lawrence W ^b   Buckley, Noel J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Neural differentiation; Neural induction; Neural stem cells; Neuron restrictive silencing factor repressor element 1 silencing transcription factor; Pluripotency

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR ELEMENT 1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIOXOLES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84857496280     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1004     Document Type: Article

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