Requirement for the paired-like homeodomain transcription factor VSX1 in type 3a mouse retinal bipolar cell terminal differentiation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-129

  Shi, Zhiwei ^a   Jervis, Drew ^a   Nickerson, Philip E B ^a   Chow, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone bipolar cells; Differentiation; Homeobox gene; Retina; Vsx1

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; CALSENILIN; CELL MARKER; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT IIBETA; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOTAGMIN II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VXS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL TYPE 3A; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL TYPE 3B; VSX1 GENE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE RIIBETA SUBUNIT; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; EYE PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KV CHANNEL-INTERACTING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS;

EID: 81255191738     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22697     Document Type: Article

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