Regulation of cerebral cortical neurogenesis by the Pax6 transcription factor

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Manuel, Martine N ^a   Mi, Da ^a   Masonand, John O ^a   Price, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BAF complex; Cell cycle; Cortical lamination; Differentiation; Meis2; Neuronal fate; Neurotransmitter fate; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84939646414     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00070     Document Type: Review

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