Molecular regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in the retinal pigment epithelium

Molecular Vision

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 519-527

  Ford, Knatokie M ^a,b   D'Amore, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN TFE; PROTEIN TFE3; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84857867154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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