Inactivation of the zebrafish homologue of Chx10 by antisense oligonucleotides causes eye malformations similar to the ocular retardation phenotype

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-143

  Barabino, Silvia M L ^a,b   Spada, Fabio ^a,c   Cotelli, Franco ^a,c   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Eye morphogenesis; prd type homeodomain; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MURINAE;

EID: 0030993618     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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