An isoform of retinoid-related orphan receptor β directs differentiation of retinal amacrine and horizontal interneurons

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Hong ^a   Kim, Soo Young ^b   Fu, Yulong ^a   Wu, Xuefeng ^a   Ng, Lily ^a   Swaroop, Anand ^b   Forrest, Douglas ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOXN4 PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PTF1A PROTEIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ORGANELLE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGY; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; STEM CELL;

ALLELES; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 2; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 84878577228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2793     Document Type: Article

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