Forkhead Foxe3 maps to the dysgenetic lens locus and is critical in lens development and differentiation

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-93

  Brownell, Isaac ^a   Dirksen, Marli ^b   Jamrich, Milan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Crystallins; Dysgenetic lens; Forkhead; Foxe3; Keratolenticular adhesion; Lens induction; Pax6; Peter's anomaly; Rx

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA BINDING; ECTODERM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PETERS ANOMALY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033897180     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1526-968X(200006)27:2<81::AID-GENE50>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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