Forkheadbox N4 (FoxN4) triggers context-dependent differentiation in the developing chick retina and neural tube

Differentiation

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Boije, H ^a   Shirazi Fard, S ^a   Ring, H ^a   Hallbook F ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chicken; Lim1; Prox1; Retinal development; Retinal progenitor cells; Sox2

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MITOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84872252151     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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