Specification of the retinal fate of mouse embryonic stem cells by ectopic expression of Rx/rax, a homeobox gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4513-4521

  Tabata, Yoko ^a   Ouchi, Yasuo ^a   Kamiya, Haruyuki ^b   Manabe, Toshiya ^a,b   Arai, Ken Ichi ^a   Watanabe, Sumiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHX10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NEURONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2942589260     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4513-4521.2004     Document Type: Article

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