Quantitative estimation of RNA transcripts suggests persistence of Pax-6 expression in the postembryonic chick retina

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-146

  Bhat, Suraj P ^a,b   Rayner, Sylvia A ^a   Huang, Cindy M ^a   Ariyasu, Reginald G ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pax 6; Postembryonic chick retina; Proliferative potential

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032818997     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017376     Document Type: Article

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