The master control gene for morphogenesis and evolution of the eye

Genes to Cells

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-15

  Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EYE; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0029678243     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1996.11011.x     Document Type: Article

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