Transcription factors for lens development assessed in vivo

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-308

  Kondoh, Hisato ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LENS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE INDUCTION;

EID: 0033152657     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)80045-8     Document Type: Article

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