The splicing regulator PTBP1 controls the activity of the transcription factor Pbx1 during neuronal differentiation

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue DECEMBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Linares, Anthony J ^a   Lin, Chia Ho ^a   Damianov, Andrey ^a   Adams, Katrina L ^a,b   Novitch, Bennett G ^b   Black, Douglas L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PBX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PTBP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NEURONS; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT-BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84956898121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.09268     Document Type: Article

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