miR-9: A versatile regulator of neurogenesis

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Coolen, Marion ^a   Katz, Shauna ^a   Bally Cuif, Laure ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Embryonic progenitors; microRNA 9; Neural stem cells; Neurogenesis; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MICRORNA 4; MICRORNA 79; MICRORNA 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 84888423969     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00220     Document Type: Article

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