Atoh1, an essential transcription factor in neurogenesis and intestinal and inner ear development: Function, regulation, and context dependency

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-293

  Mulvaney, Joanna ^a   Dabdoub, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH; Cochlea; Hair cells; Math1; Organ of Corti; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATOH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DYSPLASIA; GENETIC REGULATION; HAIR CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84865516574     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-012-0317-4     Document Type: Article

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