Requirement of NeuroD for Photoreceptor Formation in the Chick Retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-58

  Yan, Run Tao ^a   Wang, Shu Zhen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENETIC REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 0347358080     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0774     Document Type: Article

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