Transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms of early cortical development: An examination of how Pax6 coordinates cortical development

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 524, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 609-629

  Ypsilanti, Athéna R ^a   Rubenstein, John L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Cortex; Cortical development; Epigenetics; Pax6; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNTRANSLATED RNA; CHROMATIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84953636192     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23866     Document Type: Review

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