Transcriptional control of neuronal diversification in the retina

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 567-577

  Marquardt, Till ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SYNTAXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0042700074     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(03)00036-3     Document Type: Review

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