Distinct functions of photoreceptor cell-specific nuclear receptor, thyroid hormone receptor β2 and CRX in cone photoreceptor development

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3489-3494

  Yanagi, Yasuo ^a   Takezawa, Shin ichiro ^a   Kato, Shigeaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; OPSIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CONES (RETINA); HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OPSIN; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA; THYROID HORMONES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036847475     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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