Roles of imprinted genes in neural stem cells

Epigenomics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 515-532

  Hoffmann, Anke ^a   Daniel, Guillaume ^a,b   Schmidt Edelkraut, Udo ^a,c   Spengler, Dietmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1C; RNA H19; SOMATOMEDIN B; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS;

EID: 84913621800     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.14.42     Document Type: Review

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