Foxp1-mediated programming of limb-innervating motor neurons from mouse and human embryonic stem cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Adams, Katrina L ^a,b   Rousso, David L ^a,b,c   Umbach, Joy A ^a   Novitch, Bennett G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDH1A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FOXP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HB9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN GENE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ISL-1; LHX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; ANIMAL; AXON; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FORELIMB; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84928105299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7778     Document Type: Article

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