Retinopathy and attenuated circadian entrainment in Crx-deficient mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 466-470

  Furukawa, Takahisa ^a,d   Morrow, Eric M ^a   Li, Tiansen ^b   Davis, Fred C ^c   Cepko, Constance L ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EMBRYO; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PINEAL GLAND; RETINAL DISEASES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032749223     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70591     Document Type: Article

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