Pax6 induces ectopic eyes in a vertebrate

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4213-4222

  Chow, Robert L ^a,c   Altmann, Curtis R ^b   Lang, Richard A ^a   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ectopic organ; Eye; Induction; Pax6; Vertebrate; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LENS FIBER; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CHORISTOMA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032752973     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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