Direct regulation of rhodopsin 1 by Pax-6/eyeless in Drosophila: Evidence for a conserved function in photoreceptors

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1122-1131

  Sheng, Guojun ^a   Thouvenot, Eric ^a   Schmucker, Dietmar ^a   Wilson, David S ^a   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eye evolution; eyeless; homeodomain; Pax 6; photoreceptor cell; rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030923056     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.9.1122     Document Type: Article

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