Pax-6, Eyes absent, and Prox 1 in eye development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 835-842

  Tomarev, Stanislav I ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Eya 2; Eye; Eyeless; Eyes absent; Pax 6; Prospero; Prox 1

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MOLLUSC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARTHROPODA; CEPHALOPODA; MOLLUSCA; PROSPERO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031455745     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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