Developmentally important DNA elements within the bovine opsin upstream region

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 154-165

  DesJardin, Lucy E ^a   Hauswirth, William W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

development; gene expression; opsin; rods

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; OPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OPSIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030066123     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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