Six3 overexpression initiates the formation of ectopic retina

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 649-654

  Loosli, Felix ^a   Winkler, Sylke ^a   Wittbrodt, Joachim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Eye development; Medaka; Six homeobox gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033558871     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.6.649     Document Type: Article

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