The role of NeuroD as a differentiation factor in the mammalian retina

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-178

  Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Acharya, Harsha R ^a   Rogers, Jim A ^a   Shibata, Annemarie ^a   Smithgall, Thomas E ^a   Dooley, Constance M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH factors; Differentiation; NeuroD; Photoreceptors; Retina

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032468251     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:11:2:165     Document Type: Article

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