Characterization of the transcriptome of nascent hair cells and identification of direct targets of the atoh1 transcription factor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5870-5883

  Cai, Tiantian ^a   Jen, Hsin I ^a   Kang, Hyojin ^a,b,c   Klisch, Tiemo J ^a,b   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a,b   Groves, Andrew K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atoh1; Cochlea; Hair cells; Inner ear

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATOH1; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATOH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNREGULATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; HAIR CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84929378157     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5083-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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