Brn-3b inhibits generation of amacrine cells by binding to and negatively regulating DLX1/2 in developing retina

Neuroscience

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 9-20

  Feng, L ^a,b   Eisenstat, D D ^c   Chiba, S ^d   Ishizaki, Y ^e   Gan, L ^a   Shibasaki, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brn 3b; Development; DLX1; DLX2; Math5; Retina

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; MATH5 GENE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80053569575     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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