The Role of egr1 in Early Zebrafish Retinogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Liyun ^a   Cho, Jin ^a   Ptak, Devon ^a   Leung, Yuk Fai ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE 1; PTF1A PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLINOS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84873531934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056108     Document Type: Article

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