Multipotent retinal progenitors express developmental markers, differentiate into retinal neurons, and preserve light-mediated behavior

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4167-4173

  Klassen, Henry J ^a   Ng, Tat Fong ^b   Kurimoto, Yasuo ^b   Kirov, Ivan ^a   Shatos, Marie ^b   Coffey, Peter ^c   Young, Michael J ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD9 ANTIGEN; GANGLIOSIDE GD2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TETRASPANIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; EYE PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RECOVERIN; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 6944246177     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0511     Document Type: Article

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