BARHL2 differentially regulates the development of retinal amacrine and ganglion neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3992-4003

  Ding, Qian ^a,b   Chen, Hui ^c   Xie, Xiaoling ^a   Libby, Richard T ^a,b   Tian, Ning ^c   Gan, Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; BARHL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE 3; CHX10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EYE PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 2; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN GENE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ISL 1; INSULIN GENE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ISL-1; NERVE PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; POU4F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SLC6A9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BARHL2 GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65249183755     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5237-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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