Multiple functions for Pax6 in mouse eye and nasal development

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 435-446

  Quinn, Jane C ^a   West, John D ^a   Hill, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chimera; eye; lens; mouse; nasal epithelium; nose; Pax6; Sey; small eye

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHIMERA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029979219     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.4.435     Document Type: Article

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