Distinct Roles of Transcription Factors Brn3a and Brn3b in Controlling the Development, Morphology, and Function of Retinal Ganglion Cells

Neuron

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 852-864

  Badea, Tudor C ^a   Cahill, Hugh ^a   Ecker, Jen ^a   Hattar, Samer ^a   Nathans, Jeremy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; DEVBIO; MOLNEURO

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRN3A GENE; BRN3B GENE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DENDRITES; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIOSIS; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 62549095466     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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