Gene expression is dynamically regulated in retinal progenitor cells prior to and during overt cellular differentiation

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-54

  Dixit, Rajiv ^a,c   Tachibana, Nobuhiko ^a   Touahri, Yacine ^a   Zinyk, Dawn ^a   Logan, Cairine ^a,b,c   Schuurmans, Carol ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Ciliary margin; Homeodomain; Mouse; Neurogenic genes; Retinal progenitor cells; Temporal sequence; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBAL CHANGE; MOUSE; MURINAE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINAL PROGENITOR CELL; STEM CELL;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX; CILIARY MARGIN; HOMEODOMAIN; MOUSE; NEUROGENIC GENES; RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS; TEMPORAL SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RETINA; RETINAL NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84892959000     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: 18727298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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