LHX2 regulates the neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells via transcriptional modulation of PAX6 and CER1

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7753-7770

  Hou, Pei Shan ^a,b   Chuang, Ching Yu ^b   Kao, Cheng Fu ^c   Chou, Shen Ju ^c   Stone, Lee ^c   Ho, Hong Nerng ^a,d   Chien, Chung Liang ^a   Kuo, Hung Chih ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CERBERUS 1 PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; CER1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOKINE; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LHX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL;

CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84886860243     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt567     Document Type: Article

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