Ectopic lens induction in fish in response to the murine homeobox gene Six3

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-239

  Oliver, Guillermo ^a   Loosli, Felix ^b   Köster, Reinhard ^b   Wittbrodt, Joachim ^b   Gruss, Peter ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

homeobox gene; lens formation; medaka fish; placodes; Six3

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EYE PROTEINS; FISHES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; METAZOA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030460218     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00632-6     Document Type: Article

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