The stage-dependent roles of Ldb1 and functional redundancy with Ldb2 in mammalian retinogenesis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 4182-4192

  Gueta, Keren ^a   David, Ahuvit ^a   Cohen, Tsadok ^b   Menuchin Lasowski, Yotam ^a   Nobel, Hila ^a   Narkis, Ginat ^b   Li, LiQi ^b   Love, Paul ^b   De Melo, Jimmy ^c   Blackshaw, Seth ^c   Westphal, Heiner ^b   Ashery Padan, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Isl1; Ldb1; Lhx2; Retinogenesis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; ISL1 PROTEIN; LDB1 PROTEIN; LDB2 PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; RAX PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VSX2 PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LDB1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LDB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LIM DOMAIN PROTEINS; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGANOGENESIS; RETINA; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84995543057     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.129734     Document Type: Article

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