MicroRNAs as neuronal fate determinants

Neuroscientist

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-242

  Åkerblom, Malin ^a   Jakobsson, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cell fate; differentiation; microRNA; miR 124; neural stem cell

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 9; MIRN124 MICRORNA, HUMAN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; CELL FATE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

EID: 84900852879     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858413497265     Document Type: Review

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