Lhx2 balances progenitor maintenance with neurogenic output and promotes competence state progression in the developing retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 12197-12207

  Gordon, Patrick J ^a,b   Yun, Sanghee ^a   Clark, Anna M ^a   Monuki, Edwin S ^c   Murtaugh, L Charles ^a   Levine, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALRETININ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; RETINAL THICKNESS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880594849     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1494-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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