Regulation of Cellular Differentiation by Tissue Specific Transcription Factor

Abstract

Tissue specific transcription factors play important roles during cellular differentiation. To regulate cellular differentiation, we paid attention to tissue specific basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors. In this study, we tried to regulate expression of tissue specific transcription factor for induction of cellular differentiation. To regulate expression of transcription factor, we constructed electrical stimulation induced artificial gene expression system. Using this system, neural differentiation of neuroblast could be induced by conditional expression of neural bHLH transcription factor NeuroD2 under the control of electrical stimulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 2003
Accession Number
ADA429650

Entities

People

  • E. Kobatake
  • M. Aizawa
  • M. Mie
  • T. Endoh
  • Y. Yanagida

Organizations

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cell Line
  • Cell Physiological Processes
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Culture Techniques
  • Electrodes
  • Fluorescence
  • Gene Expression
  • Generators
  • Materials
  • Neural Networks
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Neurons
  • Proteins
  • Regulations
  • Transcription Factors
  • Transfection

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Neuroscience