Thyroid hormone accelerates opsin expression during early photoreceptor differentiation and induces opsin switching in differentiated TRα-expressing cones of the salmonid retina

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2700-2713

  Gan, Kathlyn J ^a,b   Flamarique, Iñigo Novales ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone; Fish; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Opsin expression; Photoreceptor differentiation; Retinal development; Rod; Thyroid hormone; Thyroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; SALMONID; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SALMONIDAE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 78751559642     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22392     Document Type: Article

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