ZNF804A transcriptional networks in differentiating neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells of human origin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Jian ^a   Lin, Mingyan ^a   Hrabovsky, Anastasia ^a   Pedrosa, Erika ^a   Dean, Jason ^a   Jain, Swati ^a   Zheng, Deyou ^a   Lachman, Herbert M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; PUROMYCIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 804A; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; ZNF804A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; RNA GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NEURONS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84928398433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124597     Document Type: Article

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