Molecular cloning of the cone-rod homeobox gene (Crx) from the rat and its temporal expression pattern in the retina under a daily light-dark cycle

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-104

  Sakamoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Oishi, Katsutaka ^a   Okada, Tetsuya ^a   Onuma, Yuka ^a   Yokoyama, Kayo ^a   Sugimoto, Kenta ^a   Ishida, Norio ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Crx; Homeobox gene; Mammal; Pineal; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOMEOBOX; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONES (RETINA); DARKNESS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIGHTING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; RODS (RETINA); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0033548126     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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