Transcription factors and neural stem cell self-renewal, growth and differentiation

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ahmed, Sohail ^a   Gan, HuiTheng ^a   Chen, Sok Lam ^a   Poonepalli, Anuradha ^a   Ramasamy, Srinivas ^a   Tay, Yvonne ^a   Tham, Muly ^a   Yuan, Hong Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Neural stem cells; Proliferation; Self renewal; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BMI1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; WNT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL RENEWAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85046914723     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.3.4.8803     Document Type: Review

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