The transcription factor Nerfin-1 prevents reversion of neurons into neural stem cells

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We thank Ward Odenwald, Thomas Brody, and Alex Kuzin for generously sharing extensive published and unpublished Nerfin-1 reagents. The early part of this work was carried out by L.Y.C. in Alex Gould's laboratory at the National Institute for Medical Research, London. We thank him and his laboratory for their advice, support, and guidance. We thank Holger Apitz, Alex Gould, Kieran Harvey, Carole Poon, Helena Richardson, and Joep Vissers for critical reading of the manuscript. We are grateful to C. Doe, A. Gould, F. Matsuzaki, H. Richardson, K. Harvey, Y.N. Jan, J. Skeath, Bloomington Stock Center, and VDRC for reagents. We also thank OZDros for their special assistance in Drosophila stock quarantine; Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute Confocal Microscopy Core, FACS Core, and Genomics Core facilities for expert technical assistance; Mark Dawson for valuable technical advice on ChIP; and Fabrizio Pastori for graphical illustration assistance. This work was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1044704).