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5 wild-type mice along with littermates mutant for the crx gene (which encodes a Paired type homeodomain transcription factor that directly regulates transcription of many photoreceptor-enriched genes); adult mouse retina; and microdissected outer nuclear layer, which consists entirely of rod and cone photoreceptors [ 11 ] . We examined this very large dataset for expression of genes known to be photoreceptor specific (Figure 2).
However, since it is difficult to follow a single neurite from soma to growth cone in the case of high neuronal densities, the quantitative results presented herein were derived from all assessible neurons from cases where low rates of attachment occurred.
Several biochemical factors influence axonal growth by either attraction or repulsion and may guide axonal growth by "hemming in" the growth cone to a channel containing permissive molecules surrounded by repulsive molecules [ 38, 39].
For example the cone rod homeobox (Crx) binds and transactivates the rhodopsin promoter [ 26 ] . However, it has not been determined whether other rhodopsin GPCRs are also regulated by homeobox proteins.
Alpha-gustducin, which is closely related to the rod and cone transducins, activates PDE to reduce intracellular levels of cAMP [ 13].