Meis1 regulates Foxn4 expression during retinal progenitor cell differentiation

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1125-1136

  Islam, Mohammed M ^a,d   Li, Ying ^a   Luo, Huijun ^b,e   Xiang, Mengqing ^b,c   Cai, Li ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Enhancer; Foxn4; Horizontal cell; Meis1; Retinal progenitor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978544464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20132279     Document Type: Article

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