The nuclear receptors COUP-TF: A long-lasting experience in forebrain assembly

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-62

  Alfano, Christian ^a,b   Magrinelli, Elia ^a,b   Harb, Kawssar ^a,b   Studer, Michèle ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; COUP TF; Differentiation; Forebrain; Neurogenesis; Neuron migration; Orphan nuclear receptors

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDRA; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MAMMAL; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 84891869189     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1320-6     Document Type: Review

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