Differential expression of maf-1 and maf-2 genes in the developing rat lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2679-2683

  Yoshida, Kazuhiko ^a   Imaki, Junko ^b   Koyama, Yoshikazu ^a   Harada, Takayuki ^a   Shinmei, Yasuhiro ^a   Oishi, Chikako ^a   Matsushima Hibiya, Yuko ^a   Matsuda, Akira ^a   Nishi, Shinzo ^a   Matsuda, Hidehiko ^a   Sakai, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lens; Maf 1; Maf 2; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; RNA PROBE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030831651     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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