Functional equivalence of Brn3 POU-domain transcription factors in mouse retinal neurogenesis

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 703-712

  Pan, Ling ^a   Yang, Zhiyong ^a   Feng, Liang ^a   Gan, Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brn3; Neurogenesis; POU domain; Pou4f; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INNER EAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGANOGENESIS; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 14844353279     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01646     Document Type: Article

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