Pax and vertebrate development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 369-377

  Wehr, Roland ^a   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aniridia; Pax; Small eye; Splotch; Waardenburg

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANIRIDIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WAARDENBURG'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0030010498     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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