Epigenomic enhancer annotation reveals a key role for NFIX in neural stem cell quiescence

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1769-1786

  Martynoga, Ben ^a   Mateo, Juan L ^b   Zhou, Bo ^c   Andersen, Jimena ^a   Achimastou, Angeliki ^a   Urbán, Noelia ^a   van den Berg, Debbie ^a   Georgopoulou, Dimitra ^d   Hadjur, Suzana ^d   Wittbrodt, Joachim ^b   Ettwiller, Laurence ^b   Piper, Michael ^e   Gronostajski, Richard M ^c   Guillemot, Françxois ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Genomics; Neural stem cells; NFIX; Nuclear factor one; Quiescence; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HISTONE; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; PUROMYCIN; RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EPIGENETICS; GENOMICS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NFIX; NUCLEAR FACTOR ONE; QUIESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NFI TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84882709882     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.216804.113     Document Type: Article

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