The role of homeobox genes in retinal development and disease

Developmental Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-208

  Zagozewski, Jamie L ^a   Zhang, Qi ^b   Pinto, Vanessa I ^b   Wigle, Jeffrey T ^b,c   Eisenstat, David D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anophthalmia; Coloboma; Homeobox; Retina; Transcription factor; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BARHL2 GENE; BRN 3 GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CODON; CRX GENE; DLX1 GENE; DLX2 GENE; DOWN REGULATION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IRX GENE; ISLET1 GENE; ISLET2 GENE; LHX1 GENE; LHX2 GENE; MEIS GENE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; ONECUT1 GENE; ONECUT2 GENE; OTX2 GENE; PAX2 GENE; PAX6 GENE; PBX GENE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROX1 GENE; RAX GENE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAX GENE; VSX1 GENE; VSX2 GENE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MUTATION; RETINA; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RETINA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84921651086     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.07.004     Document Type: Review

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