ASCL1 reprograms mouse Müller glia into neurogenic retinal progenitors

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2619-2631

  Pollak, Julia ^a   Wilken, Matthew S ^a   Ueki, Yumi ^a   Cox, Kristen E ^a   Sullivan, Jane M ^a   Taylor, Russell J ^a   Levine, Edward M ^b   Reh, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glia; M ller; Neurogenesis; Regeneration; Reprogramming; Retina

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; MULLER GLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; UPREGULATION;

GLIA; MÜLLER; NEUROGENESIS; REGENERATION; REPROGRAMMING; RETINA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REGENERATION; RETINA; RETINAL NEURONS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878299232     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.091355     Document Type: Article

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