A gene network downstream of transcription factor Math5 regulates retinal progenitor cell competence and ganglion cell fate

Developmental Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-481

  Mu, Xiuqian ^a   Fu, Xueyao ^a   Sun, Hongxia ^a   Beremand, Phillip D ^b   Thomas, Terry L ^b   Klein, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH; Ganglion cell; Math5; Microarray; Neural development; Retina; Retinal development; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RE1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NGN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 18844431104     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.01.028     Document Type: Article

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