Whole Number, Distribution and Co-Expression of Brn3 Transcription Factors in Retinal Ganglion Cells of Adult Albino and Pigmented Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Nadal Nicolás, Francisco M ^a,b   Jiménez López, Manuel ^b   Salinas Navarro, Manuel ^b   Sobrado Calvo, Paloma ^b   Alburquerque Béjar, Juan J ^b   Vidal Sanz, Manuel ^b   Agudo Barriuso, Marta ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3C;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84869234120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049830     Document Type: Article

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