The sequence of regulatory events controlling the expression of the γD-crystallin gene during fibroblast growth factor-mediated rat lens fiber cell differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-25

  Dirks, Ron P H ^a   Klok, Erik Jan ^a   Van Genesen, Siebe T ^a   Schoenmakers, John G G ^a   Lubsen, Nicolette H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030038178     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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