Genetic Interactions between Brn3 Transcription Factors in Retinal Ganglion Cell Type Specification

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Shi, Melody ^a   Kumar, Sumit R ^a   Motajo, Oluwaseyi ^a   Kretschmer, Friedrich ^a   Mu, Xiuqian ^b,c,d   Badea, Tudor C ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c SUNY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MELANOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRN3 GENE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3C;

EID: 84885149080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076347     Document Type: Article

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