Retinal cell fate determination and bHLH factors

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Hatakeyama, Jun ^a   Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BHLH; Gliogenesis; Homeodomain; Neurogenesis; Progenitor

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HOMEOBOX; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0842281540     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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