Postmitotic diversification of olfactory neuron types is mediated by differential activities of the HMG-box transcription factor SOX-2

EMBO Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 2574-2589

  Alqadah, Amel ^a,b   Hsieh, Yi Wen ^a   Vidal, Berta ^c   Chang, Chieh ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^c   Chuang, Chiou Fen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C. Elegans; homeodomain; neuron differentiation; sox 2

Indexed keywords

HMG BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH-36 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL BODY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY NERVE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPORTER GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; COS CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COS CELLS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84944402491     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201592188     Document Type: Article

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