Characterization of brain cell nuclei with decondensed chromatin

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 738-756

  Yu, Ping ^a   Mckinney, Elizabeth C ^a   Kandasamy, Muthugapatti M ^a   Albert, Alexandria L ^b   Meagher, Richard B ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cytometry; Epigenetics; Nuclei; Pluripotency; Sorting

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 11; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; PROTEIN HOMER 1; CHROMATIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUN PROTEIN, MOUSE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEMORY; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84931024349     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22245     Document Type: Article

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