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Methods for the Modulation and Analysis of NF-κB-dependent Adult Neurogenesis
Published on: February 13, 2014
A novel model for an older remodeler: the BAF swap in neurogenesis
Stefan Aigner1, Ahmet M Denli, Fred H Gage
1Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Neuron
|July 21, 2007
Abstract:
Changes in chromatin state contribute to the switch in gene expression programs that characterizes the transition of dividing neural stem cells toward a neuronal fate. In this issue of Neuron, Lessard et al. show that this process is regulated by specific cofactor exchanges within the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex.
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