Long non-coding RNA-dependent transcriptional regulation in neuronal development and disease

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Clark, Brian S ^a   Blackshaw, Seth ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Embryonic stem cells; Epigenetics; Long noncoding RNA; Molecular scaffold; Neural stem cells; Neurogenesis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

AK055040 LONG NON CODING RNA; AK091713 LONG NON CODING RNA; AK124684 LONG NON CODING RNA; BETA SECRETASE 1; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; GOMAFU LONG NON CODING RNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MALAT1 LONG NON CODING RNA; MEGAMIND LONG NON CODING RNA; NEAT1 LONG NON CODING RNA; NEUROGENIN 1; PAUPAR LONG NON CODING RNA; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RMST LONG NON CODING RNA; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EVF2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TUG1 LONG NON CODING RNA; TUNA LONG NON CODING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA STRUCTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84906281802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00164     Document Type: Review

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