Single cell transcriptome profiling of developing chick retinal cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 525, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2735-2781

  Laboissonniere, Lauren A ^a   Martin, Gregory M ^a,c   Goetz, Jillian J ^a,d   Bi, Ran ^b   Pope, Brock ^a   Weinand, Kallie ^a   Ellson, Laura ^a   Fru, Diane ^a   Lee, Miranda ^a   Wester, Andrea K ^a   Liu, Peng ^b   Trimarchi, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; ganglion cells; retina; RRID: AB_514497; single cell transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGANOGENESIS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85019749523     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.24241     Document Type: Article

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