Mef2d is essential for the maturation and integrity of retinal photoreceptor and bipolar cells

Genes to Cells

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 408-426

  Omori, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Kitamura, Tamiki ^a,b   Yoshida, Satoyo ^a,b   Kuwahara, Ryusuke ^a   Chaya, Taro ^a,b   Irie, Shoichi ^a,b   Furukawa, Takahisa ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ARRESTIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RETINA S ANTIGEN; CONE ROD HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA DEGENERATION; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ARRESTINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEF2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL INNER SEGMENT; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; SYNAPSES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84928421392     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12233     Document Type: Article

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