Ptf1a/Rbpj complex inhibits ganglion cell fate and drives the specification of all horizontal cell subtypes in the chick retina

Developmental Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-308

  Lelievre E C ^a,b,c,d,e   Lek, M ^f   Boije, H ^f   Houille Vernes, L ^b,d,e   Brajeul, V ^b,d,e   Slembrouck, A ^b,d,e   Roger, J E ^d   Sahel, J A ^b,d,e   Matter, J M ^g   Sennlaub, F ^a,b,c   Hallbook F ^f   Goureau, O ^b,d,e   Guillonneau, X ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atoh7 Ath5; Cell specification; Chick; Horizontal cell; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CELL PROTEIN; PANCREAS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 SUBUNIT A; PROTEIN ATOH7; PROTEIN RBPJ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETROVIRUS; STEM CELL;

EID: 80053115949     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.07.033     Document Type: Article

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