Expression of two zebrafish homologues of the murine Six3 gene demarcates the initial eye primordia

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-57

  Seo, Hee Chan ^a   Drivenes, Øyvind ^a   Ellingsen, Ståle ^a   Fjose, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Gastrulation; Homeobox; Lens placode; Olfactory placode; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0031959593     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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