Dual requirement for Pax6 in retinal progenitor cells

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4037-4047

  Oron Karni, Varda ^a   Farhy, Chen ^a   Elgart, Michael ^a   Marquardt, Till ^b   Remizova, Lena ^a   Yaron, Orly ^a   Xie, Qing ^c   Cvekl, Ales ^c   Ashery Padan, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; Crx; Pax6; Retinal progenitor cells; Retinogenesis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONE ROD HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PRIMER DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEUROGENESIS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL NEURONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 58349107112     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.028308     Document Type: Article

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