Dorsal retinal pigment epithelium differentiates as neural retina in the Microphthalmia (mi/mi) mouse

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 903-908

  Bumsted, Keely M ^a   Barnstable, Colin J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; ROSETTE FORMATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICROPHTHALMOS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034057992     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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