Expression of Neurogenin 1 in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Directs the Differentiation of Neuronal Precursors and Identifies Unique Patterns of Down-stream Gene Expression

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 230-253

  Velkey, Matthew ^a,b   O'Shea, K Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH; BMP4; ES cell; FGF; Microarray; Neural crest cell; Neural induction; Neurod3; Neuronal differentiation; Ngn1; Noggin; Sonic hedgehog; Tet on

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 1; NOGGIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84874192368     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23920     Document Type: Article

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