A conserved blueprint for the eye?

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 843-850

  Treisman, Jessica E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0033215026     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199910)21:10<843::AID-BIES6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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