Evidence that POU factor Brn-3b regulates expression of Pax-6 in neuroretina cells

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-358

  Plaza, Serge ^a,c   Hennemann, Hanjo ^b   Möröy, Tarik ^b   Saule, Simon ^a   Dozier, Christine ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brn 3b POU domain factor; Neuroretina; Pax 6 regulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUAIL; RETINA CELL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; QUAIL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033570941     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19991115)41:3<349::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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