Fez family transcription factors: Controlling neurogenesis and cell fate in the developing mammalian nervous system

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 788-797

  Eckler, Matthew J ^a,b   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEUROBIOLOGY SECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Cerebral cortex; Fezf1; Fezf2; Gene expression; Neurogenesis; Olfactory system

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FEZF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FEZF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; FEZ FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1, HUMAN; ZNF312 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FATE; CELL TYPE; DIENCEPHALON; DNA SEQUENCE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PROSENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84904069469     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400039     Document Type: Article

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