A critical analysis of Atoh7 (Math5) mRNA splicing in the developing mouse retina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Prasov, Lev ^a   Brown, Nadean L ^b   Glaser, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETAINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; ATOH7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EMBRYO; EXON; EYE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CEREBELLUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 77957875877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012315     Document Type: Article

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