Role of the Barhl2 homeobox gene in the specification of glycinergic amacrine cells

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1607-1618

  Mo, Zeqian ^a   Li, Shengguo ^a   Yang, Xuejie ^a   Xiang, Mengqing ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barhl2; Glycinergic amacrine cell; Homeobox gene; Retina; Retinogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN BARHL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETINA; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1642479166     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01071     Document Type: Article

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