The bHLH transcription factor neuroD governs photoreceptor genesis and regeneration through delta-notch signaling

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7496-7515

  Taylor, Scott M ^a   Alvarez Delfin, Karen ^b   Saade, Carole J ^b   Thomas, Jennifer L ^c   Thummel, Ryan ^c   Fadool, James M ^b   Hitchcock, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cones; Photoreceptor development; Photoreceptor regeneration; Rods

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CELLULAR APOPTOSIS SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN; CYCLIN D1; DELTA A PROTEIN; DELTA D PROTEIN; EDOXUDINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; MORPHOLINE; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ASSAY; CELL REGENERATION; CHIMERA; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENICS; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; REGENERATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REGENERATION; RNA; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84947754684     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17616     Document Type: Article

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