From CNS stem cells to neurons and glia: Sox for everyone

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-124

  Reiprich, Simone ^a   Wegner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Neural stem cell; Oligodendrocyte; Sox protein; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX12; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; METABOLISM;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84926620961     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1909-6     Document Type: Article

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