A gene regulatory hierarchy for retinal ganglion cell specification and differentiation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-123

  Mu, Xiuqian ^a   Klein, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulatory networks; Mouse functional genomics; Pou4f transcription factors; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; WT1 PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE CONTROL; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842346312     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2003.09.009     Document Type: Review

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