Gdf6a is required for cone photoreceptor subtype differentiation and for the actions of tbx2b in determining rod versus cone photoreceptor fate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  DuVal, Michèle G ^a   Oel, A Phillip ^a   Allison, W Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; GDF6A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 6; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TBX2B PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GDF6A GENE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TBX2B GENE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 6; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84899849389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092991     Document Type: Article

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