Crx, a novel Otx-like paired-homeodomain protein, binds to and transactivates photoreceptor cell-specific genes

Neuron

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1017-1030

  Chen, Shiming ^d   Wang, Qing Liang ^d   Nie, Zuqin ^d   Sun, Hui ^d   Lennon, Gregory ^b   Copeland, Neal G ^c   Gilbert, Debra J ^c   Jenkins, Nancy A ^c   Zack, Donald J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN CRX; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DISEASE; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0030781996     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80394-3     Document Type: Article

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