MicroRNA miR-124 controls the choice between neuronal and astrocyte differentiation by fine-tuning Ezh2 expression

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 20788-20801

  Neo, Wen Hao ^a   Yap, Karen ^a   Lee, Suet Hoay ^a   Looi, Liang Sheng ^a   Khandelia, Piyush ^a   Neo, Sheng Xiong ^a   Makeyev, Eugene V ^a,b   Su, I Hsin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; RNA; STEM CELLS;

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS; NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEINS; REGULATORY PROGRAM; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

NEURONS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; EZH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EZH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICRORNA; MIRN124 MICRORNA, HUMAN; MIRN124 MICRORNA, MOUSE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICRORNAS; NEURONS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

EID: 84905375625     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.525493     Document Type: Article

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