Absence of Chx10 causes neural progenitors to persist in the adult retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 386-396

  Dhomen, Nathalie S ^a   Balaggan, Kam S ^b   Pearson, Rachael A ^a   Bainbridge, James W ^b   Levine, Edward M ^c   Ali, Robin R ^b   Sowden, Jane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BROXURIDINE; HISTONE H3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NESTIN; PROTEIN CHX10; SYNTAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHX10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIARY BODY; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIARY BODY; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33644841147     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0428     Document Type: Article

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