OLIG1 explained

Oligodendrocyte transcription factor 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OLIG1 gene.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Oligodendrocyte
• Transcription factor
• OLIG2

Further reading

• Zhou Q, Wang S, Anderson DJ . Identification of a novel family of oligodendrocyte lineage-specific basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors . Neuron . 25 . 2 . 331–43 . Feb 2000 . 10719889 . 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80898-3 . 16560063 . free .
• Takebayashi H, Yoshida S, Sugimori M, Kosako H, Kominami R, Nakafuku M, Nabeshima Y . Dynamic expression of basic helix-loop-helix Olig family members: implication of Olig2 in neuron and oligodendrocyte differentiation and identification of a new member, Olig3 . Mechanisms of Development . 99 . 1–2 . 143–8 . Dec 2000 . 11091082 . 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00466-4 . 1472243 .
• McLellan AS, Langlands K, Kealey T . Exhaustive identification of human class II basic helix-loop-helix proteins by virtual library screening . Mechanisms of Development . 119 . S285-91 . Dec 2002 . Suppl 1 . 14516699 . 10.1016/S0925-4773(03)00130-8 . 5903576 .
• Arnett HA, Fancy SP, Alberta JA, Zhao C, Plant SR, Kaing S, Raine CS, Rowitch DH, Franklin RJ, Stiles CD . bHLH transcription factor Olig1 is required to repair demyelinated lesions in the CNS . Science . 306 . 5704 . 2111–5 . Dec 2004 . 15604411 . 10.1126/science.1103709 . 2004Sci...306.2111A . 31228720 .
• Jakovcevski I, Zecevic N . Olig transcription factors are expressed in oligodendrocyte and neuronal cells in human fetal CNS . The Journal of Neuroscience . 25 . 44 . 10064–73 . Nov 2005 . 16267213 . 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2324-05.2005 . 6725798 . free .
• Goris A, Yeo TW, Maranian M, Walton A, Ban M, Gray J, Compston A, Sawcer S . Novel Olig 1-coding variants and susceptibility to multiple sclerosis . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry . 77 . 11 . 1296–7 . Nov 2006 . 16820418 . 2077377 . 10.1136/jnnp.2006.090639 .
• Ruf N, Martelli M, Weschke B, Uhlenberg B . Oligodendroglial transcription factor (OLIG1 and OLIG2) mutations are not associated with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like leukodystrophy . American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B . 144B . 3 . 365–6 . Apr 2007 . 17171653 . 10.1002/ajmg.b.30434 . 25663863 .
• Brena RM, Morrison C, Liyanarachchi S, Jarjoura D, Davuluri RV, Otterson GA, Reisman D, Glaros S, Rush LJ, Plass C . Aberrant DNA methylation of OLIG1, a novel prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer . PLOS Medicine . 4 . 3 . e108 . Mar 2007 . 17388669 . 1831740 . 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040108 . free .

Notes and References

1. Lu QR, Park JK, Noll E, Chan JA, Alberta J, Yuk D, Alzamora MG, Louis DN, Stiles CD, Rowitch DH, Black PM . Oligodendrocyte lineage genes (OLIG) as molecular markers for human glial brain tumors . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 98 . 19 . 10851–6 . Sep 2001 . 11526205 . 58563 . 10.1073/pnas.181340798 . 2001PNAS...9810851L . free .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: OLIG1 oligodendrocyte transcription factor 1.