A crystallin gene network in the mouse retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-140

  Templeton, Justin P ^a   Wang, XiangDi ^a   Freeman, Natalie E ^a   Ma, Zhiwei ^b   Lu, Anna ^b   Hejtmancik, Fielding ^b   Geisert, Eldon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BXD strains; Crystallin; Promoter analysis; Quantitative trait loci; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BXD MOUSE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LENS; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; UPREGULATION;

BXD STRAINS; CRYSTALLIN; PROMOTER ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYSTALLINS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84884389881     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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