How Sox2 maintains neural stem cell identity

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Thiel, Gerald ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Neural stem cell; Neurogenesis; SRY (sex determining region Y) box 2 (Sox2); Survivin

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; NESTIN; SURVIVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE INACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84874603626     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20130176     Document Type: Review

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