Increasing neuronal 'stemness': Chromatin relaxation and the expression of reprogramming genes in post-mitotic neurons

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 553-554

  Sharma, Rajiv P ^a   Chase, Kayla A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; VALPROIC ACID;

BRAIN CELL; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; FRONTAL CORTEX; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS;

EID: 84858157234     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.12.018     Document Type: Letter

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