Chx10 functions as a regulator of molecular pathways controlling the regional identity in the primordial retina

Developmental Biology

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 104-111

  Wang, Zi ^a,b   Yasugi, Sadao ^a   Ishii, Yasuo ^a  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick; Electroporation; Eye; Neural retina; Retinal pigmented epithelium

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; VISININ; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SINE OCULIS HOMEOBOX HOMOLOG 3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHX10 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OPTX2 GENE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RX1 GENE; SIX3 GENE; SOX2 GENE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPORATION; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84961825622     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.03.023     Document Type: Article

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