The Pax-6 homeobox gene is expressed throughout the corneal and conjunctival epithelia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-120

  Koroma, Barba M ^a   Yang, Jun Ming ^a   Sundin, Olof H ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

conjunctiva; cornea; homeobox; Pax 6; vertebrate

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICK EMBRYO; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031033915     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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