Transcription factors that control inner ear development and their potential for transdifferentiation and reprogramming

Hearing Research

Volumn 297, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-90

  Schimmang, Thomas ^a  

^a University of Valladolid   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATOH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EYA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HMX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HAIR CELL DIFFERENTIATION; INNER EAR DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSENSORY PROGENITOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SUPPORTING CELL DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EAR, INNER; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84875378866     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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