Expression of the homeodomain transcription factor Meis2 in the embryonic and postnatal retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 505, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-72

  Bumsted O'Brien, Keely M ^a,b   Hendrickson, Anita ^a,c   Haverkamp, Silke ^a   Ashery Padan, Ruth ^d   Schulte, Dorothea ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Neurotransmitter subtype specification; Pax6; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BROXURIDINE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEIS2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA;

EID: 35948959812     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21458     Document Type: Article

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