Foxa2 acts as a co-activator potentiating expression of the Nurr1-induced DA phenotype via epigenetic regulation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 761-772

  Yi, Sang Hoon ^a   He, Xi Biao ^a   Rhee, Yong Hee ^a   Park, Chang Hwan ^a   Takizawa, Takumi ^b,c   Nakashima, Kinichi ^b   Lee, Sang Hun ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CoREST; Development; Epigenetic control; Foxa2; Hdac; Midbrain dopamine neuron; Mouse; Neural precursor cell; Nurr1

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE H3; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LYSATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

COREST; DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETIC CONTROL; FOXA2; HDAC; MIDBRAIN DOPAMINE NEURON; MOUSE; NEURAL PRECURSOR CELL; NURR1;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 2; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893326124     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.095802     Document Type: Article

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