Pax-6, Prox 1, and Chx10 homeobox gene expression correlates with phenotypic fate of retinal precursor cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1293-1303

  Belecky Adams, Teri ^a   Tomarev, Stanislav ^c   Li, Hua Shun ^a   Ploder, Lynda ^d   McInnes, Roderick R ^d   Sundin, Olof ^a,b   Adler, Ruben ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cell lineage; Homeobox genes; Photoreceptors; Retina development; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; RNA PROBES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030925401     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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