Schwann cells and their transcriptional network: Evolution of key regulators of peripheral myelination

Brain Research

Volumn 1641, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-110

  Stolt, C Claus ^a   Wegner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myelin; Neofunctionalization; Regulatory circuits; Schwann cell; Sox proteins; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR KROX20; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MATURATION; EVOLUTION; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MYELIN SHEATH; SCHWANN CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84979608150     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.09.025     Document Type: Review

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