Isl1 and Pou4f2 form a complex to regulate target genes in developing retinal ganglion cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Li, Renzhong ^a,b,c   Wu, Fuguo ^a,b,c   Ruonala, Raili ^a,b,c   Sapkota, Darshan ^a,b,c   Hu, Zihua ^a,b,c   Mu, Xiuqian ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (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

PROTEIN ISL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN GENE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ISL-1; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POU4F2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING; SHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RNA SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84898623945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092105     Document Type: Article

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