A novel fork head gene mediates early steps during Xenopus lens formation

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 5107-5116

  Kenyon, Kristy L ^a   Moody, Sally A ^a   Jamrich, Milan ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Epidermis; fork head; Pax6; Winged helix; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; LENS; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EYE PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033431791     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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