Xenopus Pax-6 and retinal development

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-61

  Hirsch, Nicolas ^a   Harris, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

eye; homeobox; misexpression; NeuroD; paired

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031035640     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199701)32:1<45::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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