Regulation of retinal cell fate specification by multiple transcription factors

Brain Research

Volumn 1192, Issue , 2008, Pages 90-98

  Ohsawa, Ryosuke ^a   Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bHLH; Homeobox; Neural retina

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MULTIPLE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 38849193368     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.014     Document Type: Review

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