Transcriptome profiling of developing photoreceptor subtypes reveals candidate genes involved in avian photoreceptor diversification

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 649-668

  Enright, Jennifer M ^a   Lawrence, Karen A ^a   Hadzic, Tarik ^a   Corbo, Joseph C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowtie (RRID:OMICS_00653); Chicken; Cone; Cuffdiff (RRID: OMICS_01969); Cufflinks (RRID:OMICS_01304); EdgeR (RRID:OMICS_01308); HTSeq (RRID:OMICS_01053); Photoreceptor; RNA Seq; Rod; SAMtools (RRID:nlx_154607); TopHat (RRID:OMICS_01257); Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; OPSIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; RHODOPSIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA DENATURATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GALLUS GALLUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PIGMENTATION; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; ELECTROPORATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA;

EID: 84921553112     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23702     Document Type: Article

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