Gene activation during early stages of lens induction in Xenopus

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3509-3519

  Zygar, Carol A ^a   Cook, T Les ^a   Grainger, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Induction; Lens; Otx 2; Pax 6; Sox 3; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE ACTIVATION; LENS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031670551     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.125.17.3509     Document Type: Article

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