Expression of rod-derived cone viability factor: Dual role of CRX in regulating promoter activity and cell-type specificity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Lambard, Sophie ^a,b,c   Reichman, Sacha ^a,b,c   Berlinicke, Cynthia ^d   Niepon, Marie Laure ^a,b,c   Goureau, Olivier ^a,b,c   Sahel, José Alain ^a,b,c   Léveillard, Thierry ^a,b,c   Zack, Donald J ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE ROD HOMEOBOX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN; ROD DERIVED CONE VIABILITY FACTOR; ROD DERIVED CONE VIABILITY FACTOR 1; ROD DERIVED CONE VIABILITY FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONE ROD HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; DNA; NXNL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; THIOREDOXIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL LINE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPLANT; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOREDOXIN LIKE GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; RETINA CONE; ANIMAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPORATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; THIOREDOXINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78049274900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013075     Document Type: Article

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