GFI1 proteins orchestrate the emergence of haematopoietic stem cells through recruitment of LSD1

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-32

  Thambyrajah, Roshana ^a   Mazan, Milena ^a,b   Patel, Rahima ^a   Moignard, Victoria ^c   Stefanska, Monika ^a   Marinopoulou, Elli ^a   Li, Yaoyong ^a   Lancrin, Christophe ^a,d   Clapes, Thomas ^e   Möroÿ, Tarik ^f   Robin, Catherine ^e   Miller, Crispin ^a   Cowley, Shaun ^g   Göttgens, Berthold ^c   Kouskoff, Valerie ^a   Lacaud, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^e HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR INDEPENDENCE 1 PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR INDEPENDENCE 1B PROTEIN; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE LSD1; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AOF2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GFI1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE SILENCING; GONAD; HEMANGIOBLAST; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MESONEPHROS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HEMANGIOBLASTS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; MICE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84952636556     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3276     Document Type: Article

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