A reduction in Npas4 expression results in delayed neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Klaric, Thomas S ^a   Thomas, Paul Q ^a   Dottori, Mirella ^b   Leong, Wai Khay ^a   Koblar, Simon A ^a   Lewis, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOGGIN; NPAS4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NPAS4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NPAS4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84902316728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17576512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/scrt453     Document Type: Article

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