Crx, a novel otx-like homeobox gene, shows photoreceptor-specific expression and regulates photoreceptor differentiation

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 531-541

  Furukawa, Takahisa ^a   Morrow, Eric M ^a   Cepko, Constance L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030725687     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80439-0     Document Type: Article

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