A bHLH transcriptional network regulating the specification of retinal ganglion cells

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3907-3921

  Matter Sadzinski, Lidla ^a,b   Puzianowska Kuznicka, Monika ^c,d   Hernandez, Julio ^b   Ballivet, Marc ^b   Matter, Jean Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Chick embryo; Retina patterning; Retinogenesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATH5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; S PHASE; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26244444850     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01960     Document Type: Article

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