Transcription Factor Hand-offs “Enhance” Motor Neuron Differentiation
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Transcription Factor Hand-offs “Enhance” Motor Neuron Differentiation
Rhee et al. (2016) in this issue of Neuron and Velasco et al. (2016) in Cell Stem Cell find that the activity of transcription factors binding sequentially to a series of transient early and late enhancers directs gene expression that is essential for motor neuron differentiation and function.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuron
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0896-6273
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.009