Cath6, a bHLH atonal family proneural gene, negatively regulates neuronal differentiation in the retina

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2492-2500

  Kubo, Fumi ^a,b   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atonal superfamily; BHLH; Differentiation; Retina; Stem progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATH6 GENE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956291742     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22381     Document Type: Article

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