Vsx-1 and Vsx-2: Two Chx10-like homeobox genes expressed in overlapping domains in the adult goldfish retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 439-448

  Levine, Edward M ^a,c   Passini, Marco ^a   Hitchcock, Peter F ^b   Glasgow, Eric ^a,d   Schechter, Nisson ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

CVC domain; EC domain; Eye; Ocular retardation; Paired domain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLDFISH; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EYE PROTEINS; FISH PROTEINS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GOLDFISH; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030884705     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971027)387:3<439::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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