Transient overexpression of the microphthalmia gene in the eyes of microphthalmia vitiligo mutant mice

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-292

  Bora, Naba ^a,b   Conway, Simon J ^a   Liang, Hyiang ^a   Smith, Sylvia B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microphthalmia; Neuroepithelium; Pigmentation; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031764569     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199811)213:3<283::AID-AJA5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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