TFE2 and GATA3 enhance induction of POU4F3 and myosin VIIa positive cells in nonsensory cochlear epithelium by ATOH1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-80

  Masuda, Masatsugu ^a   Pak, Kwang ^a,c   Chavez, Eduardo ^a   Ryan, Allen F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ATOH1; Combinatorial code; GATA3; Hair cell; POU4F3; TFE2

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MYOSIN VIIA; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATOH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; EXPLANT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAIR CELL; MOUSE; MYOSIN VIIA GENE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POU4F3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84867902119     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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