Genome-wide roles of Foxa2 in directing liver specification

Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 420-422

  Xu, Chenhuan ^a   Lu, Xiaowen ^a   Chen, Eric Z ^b   He, Zhiying ^a,c   Uyunbilig, Borjigin ^d   Li, Guangpeng ^d   Ma, Yue ^e   Hui, Lijian ^a   Xie, Bin ^f   Gao, Yuan ^f   Ding, Xiaoyan ^a   Hu, Yiping ^c   Hu, Ping ^a   Han, Jing Dong J ^b   Wang, Xin ^a,d,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HISTONE H3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84871767851     PISSN: 16742788     EISSN: 17594685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjs037     Document Type: Letter

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