Two transcription factors can direct three photoreceptor outcomes from rod precursor cells in mouse retinal development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 11118-11125

  Ng, Lily ^a   Lu, Ailing ^a   Swaroop, Alok ^a   Sharlin, David S ^a   Swaroop, Anand ^a   Forrest, Douglas ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURAL RETINA LEUCINE ZIPPER FACTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NRL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; STEM CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA;

EID: 79961231439     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1709-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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