Retinal homeobox 1 is required for retinal neurogenesis and photoreceptor differentiation in embryonic zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-39

  Nelson, Steve M ^a,b   Park, Leon ^a   Stenkamp, Deborah L ^a,b  

^a Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; Eye; Morpholino; Photoreceptor; Progenitor; Retina; Rod; rx rax; Transcription factor; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLEIOTROPY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINAL HOMEOBOX 1 GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 61349196787     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.12.040     Document Type: Article

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