Differential expression of αA- and αB-crystallin during murine ocular development

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2276-2284

  Robinson, Michael L ^a   Overbeek, Paul A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallins; development; gene expression; in situ hybridization; lens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EYE; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NOSE; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0029817433     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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