Conditional deletion of activating protein 2α (AP-2α) in the developing retina demonstrates non-cell-autonomous roles for AP-2α in optic cup development

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7497-7510

  Bassett, Erin A ^a   Pontoriero, Giuseppe F ^a   Feng, Weiguo ^b   Marquardt, Till ^c   Fini, M Elizabeth ^d   Williams, Trevor ^b   West Mays, Judith A ^a,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING PROTEIN 2ALPHA; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRASES; MICE; MITOSIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA; SYNTAXIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2;

MUS;

EID: 35649018656     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00687-07     Document Type: Article

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