Glimpse into Hox and tale regulation of cell differentiation and reprogramming

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-87

  Cerdá Esteban, Nuria ^a   Spagnoli, Francesca M ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Homeodomain proteins; Hox; Meis; Pbx; Reprogramming; TALE

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEIS PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PBX PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TALE HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; BONE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE REGENERATION; BREAST CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LEUKEMIA; LIMB MALFORMATION; LIVER; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MESODERM; MESONEPHROS; MUSCLE CELL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR GENE; RETINA MALFORMATION; REVIEW; SKIN; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL; STOMACH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOX; MEIS; PBX; REPROGRAMMING; TALE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84890859445     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24075     Document Type: Review

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