Regulation of mouse lens fiber cell development and differentiation by the Maf gene

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 307-317

  Ring, Brian Z ^a   Cordes, Sabine P ^a,c   Overbeek, Paul A ^b   Barsh, Gregory S ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallin gene expression; Lens fiber cell; Maf; Mouse; Terminal differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; LENS FIBER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYSTALLINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033967140     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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