pax-6 gene expression in newt eye development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-176

  Mizuno, Makoto ^a   Takabatake, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Tadashi C ^b   Takeshima, Kazuhito ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Biohistory Research Hall ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye development; Newt; pax 6; sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LENS; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROECTODERM; NEWT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0030773102     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050104     Document Type: Article

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