XOtx5b and XOtx2 regulate photoreceptor and bipolar fates in the Xenopus retina

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1281-1294

  Viczian, Andrea S ^a   Vignali, Robert ^b   Zuber, Michael E ^a   Barsacchi, Giuseppina ^b   Harris, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Cell fate; Engrailed; Lipofection; Opsin; Otd; Otx; Photoreceptor; Retinal specification; VP16; Xenopus laevis; XOtx2; XOtx5; XOtx5b

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OPSIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XOTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XOTX5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPSIN; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037386176     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00343     Document Type: Review

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