Mouse retinal development: A dark horse model for systems biology research

Bioinformatics and Biology Insights

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 99-113

  Zhang, Xia ^a   Serb, Jeanne M ^a   Heather West Greenlee, M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate determination; Network; Retina; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH3; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH5; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRL; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN4; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PTF1A; LIM PROTEIN; M OPSIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OPSIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN; S OPSIN; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHX10 GENE; CONE ROD HOMEOBOX; CRX GENE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GLIA CELL; HOMEOBOX; LIM1 GENE; MUELLER CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL RETINA LEUCINE ZIPPER GENE; NONHUMAN; NR2E3 GENE; NRL GENE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 GENE; PROX1 GENE; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA M CONE; RETINA ROD; RETINA S CONE; REVIEW;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79958111914     PISSN: 11779322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/BBI.S6930     Document Type: Review

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