The role of Zic family zinc finger transcription factors in the proliferation and differentiation of retinal progenitor cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 415, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-47

  Watabe, Yui ^a,b   Baba, Yukihiro ^a   Nakauchi, Hiromitsu ^a   Mizota, Atsushi ^b   Watanabe, Sumiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Proliferation; Retina; Zic transcription factors

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPLANT; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RETINA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80755188917     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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