Co-ordination of cell cycle and differentiation in the developing nervous system

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 444, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-382

  Hindley, Christopher ^a,b   Philpott, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cyclin dependent kinase (CDK); Development; Differentiation; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CYCLIN A; CYCLIN B1; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN E; GEMININ; HETERODIMER; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BIOACCUMULATION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84862220003     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20112040     Document Type: Review

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