Six6 (Optx2) is a novel murine Six3-related homeobox gene that demarcates the presumptive pituitary/hypothalamic axis and the ventral optic stalk

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 31-40

  Jean, Dominique ^a   Bernier, Gilbert ^a   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye; Hypothalamus; Mammal; Mouse; Neurohypophysis; Optic primordium; Optix; Rathke's pouch; Retina; Sine oculis

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOBOX; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPTIC CHIASM; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032804010     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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