The phosphorylation status of Ascl1 is a key determinant of neuronal differentiation and maturation in vivo and in vitro

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2216-2224

  Ali, Fahad R ^a,b   Cheng, Kevin ^a   Kirwan, Peter ^c   Metcalfe, Su ^b   Livesey, Frederick J ^c   Barker, Roger A ^b   Philpott, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascl1; Neurogenesis; Phosphorylation; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ASCL1; NEUROGENESIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSDIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROLINE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SERINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84901447700     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.106377     Document Type: Article

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