Regulation of photoreceptor gene expression by the retinal homeobox (Rx) gene product

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 494-506

  Pan, Yi ^a   Martinez De Luna, Reyna I ^b   Lou, Chih Hong ^c   Nekkalapudi, Srivamsi ^a   Kelly, Lisa E ^a   Sater, Amy K ^c   El Hodiri, Heithem M ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute 2; Photoreceptors; Red cone opsin; Retinal development; Retinal homeobox; Rhodopsin; Rx; shRNA

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTOR CONSERVED ELEMENT 1; PROTEIN CRX; PROTEIN NRL; PROTEIN XLMAF; RED CONE OPSIN; RETINAL HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77149160604     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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