Xrx1, a novel Xenopus homeobox gene expressed during eye and pineal gland development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 187-198

  Casarosa, Simona ^a   Andreazzoli, Massimiliano ^a   Simeone, Antonio ^b   Barsacchi, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

circadian rhythms; eye and pineal gland development; homeobox gene; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PINEAL GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0031043386     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00640-5     Document Type: Article

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