Vsx-1 and vsx-2: Differential expression of two paired-like homeobox genes during zebrafish and goldfish retinogenesis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 495-505

  Passini, Marco A ^a   Levine, Edward M ^a,c   Canger, Anthony K ^a   Raymond, Pamela A ^b   Schechter, Nisson ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CVC domain; Development; Eye; Ocular retardation; Retina

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLDFISH; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GOLDFISH; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0030724047     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971124)388:3<495::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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