Otx2 homeobox gene controls retinal photoreceptor cell fate and pineal gland development

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1255-1263

  Nishida, Akihiro ^a   Furukawa, Akiko ^a,b   Koike, Chieko ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^b   Aizawa, Shinichi ^c   Matsuo, Isao ^c   Furukawa, Takahisa ^a,d  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETROVIRUS VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PINEAL GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0344442834     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1155     Document Type: Article

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