Intrinsic regulations in neural fate commitment

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-120

  Tang, Ke ^a   Peng, Guangdun ^b   Qiao, Yunbo ^b   Song, Lu ^b   Jing, Naihe ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Epigenetic modification; Extracellular signals; Neural fate commitment; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HISTONE H3; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; SMAD INTERACTING PROTEIN 1; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 521; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; DNA METHYLATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE DEMETHYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEURAL FATE COMMITMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84923384631     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12204     Document Type: Review

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