Early B-cell factors are required for specifying multiple retinal cell types and subtypes from postmitotic precursors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 11902-11916

  Jin, Kangxin ^a   Jiang, Haisong ^a   Mo, Zeqian ^a   Xiang, Mengqing ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 5; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CELL MARKER; DNA; EARLY B CELL FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; EARLY B CELL FACTOR 2 PROTEIN; EARLY B CELL FACTOR 3 PROTEIN; EARLY B CELL FACTOR 4 PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LIM 1 PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; RECOVERIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SYNTAXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROXURIDINE; EBF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EBF2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EBF3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 2; GLYCINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; POU4F2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RETINA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77956578615     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2187-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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