POU domain factor Brn-3b is essential for retinal ganglion cell differentiation and survival but not for initial cell fate specification

Developmental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 469-480

  Gan, Lin ^a   Wang, Steven W ^a   Huang, Zhang ^a   Klein, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brn 3 genes; POU domain factors; Retina development; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PLACENTA EXTRACT; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0033564455     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9280     Document Type: Article

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