Nato3 integrates with the Shh-Foxa2 transcriptional network regulating the differentiation of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-27

  Nissim Eliraz, Einat ^a   Zisman, Sophie ^a   Schatz, Omri ^a   Ben Arie, Nissim ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Midbrain dopaminergic neuron; Nato3; SN4741 cell line; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NATO3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ERINACEIDAE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84882251212     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9939-6     Document Type: Article

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