Controlling gene loss of function in newts with emphasis on lens regeneration

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 593-599

  Tsonis, Panagiotis A ^a   Haynes, Tracy ^b   Maki, Nobuyasu ^a   Nakamura, Kenta ^a   Casco Robles, Martin Miguel ^c   Yamada, Shouta ^c   Miura, Tomoya ^c   Chiba, Chikafumi ^c   Rio Tsonis, Katia Del ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; HISTONE; HISTONE B4; HISTONE H1; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS EPITHELIUM; NEWT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REGENERATION; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 79955533163     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.341     Document Type: Article

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