Excess cones in the retinal degeneration rd7 mouse, caused by the loss of function of orphan nuclear receptor Nr2e3, originate from early-born photoreceptor precursors

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4102-4115

  Cheng, Hong ^a,c   Khan, Naheed W ^a   Roger, Jerome E ^b   Swaroop, Anand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPSINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; PHENOTYPE; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 80053955328     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr334     Document Type: Article

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