Giant eyes in Xenopus laevis by overexpression of XOptx2

Cell

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-352

  Zuber, Michael E ^a   Perron, Muriel ^a   Philpott, Anna ^a   Bang, Anne ^b   Harris, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033529653     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81963-7     Document Type: Article

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