Direct neuronal reprogramming: Learning from and for development

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2494-2510

  Masserdotti, Giacomo ^a,b   Gascón, Sergio ^a,b   Götz, Magdalena ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Excellence Cluster of Systems Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conversion; Direct reprogramming; Neurogenesis; Neuron; Neuronal subtype; Transcription factor; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CELL REPROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84978727354     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.092163     Document Type: Review

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