Zic3 induces conversion of human fibroblasts to stable neural progenitor-like cells

Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-255

  Kumar, Anujith ^a,b   Declercq, Jeroen ^a   Eggermont, Kristel ^a   Agirre, Xabier ^c   Prosper, Felipe ^c   Verfaillie, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Manipal Academy of Higher Education   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEREBELLUM 3;

ASTROCYTE; CELL SURFACE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEURAL STEM CELLS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; RNA, MESSENGER; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84864832351     PISSN: 16742788     EISSN: 17594685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjs015     Document Type: Letter

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