The Rx homeobox gene is essential for vertebrate eye development

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6633, 1997, Pages 603-607

  Mathers, P H ^a,d   Grinberg, A ^b   Mahon, K A ^c   Jamrich, M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; NEUROECTODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031001710     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42475     Document Type: Article

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