Pax6 activity in the lens primordium is required for lens formation and for correct placement of a single retina in the eye

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 2701-2711

  Ashery Padan, R ^a   Marquardt, T ^a   Zhou, X ^a   Gruss, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditional knockout; Cre 1oxP; Lens induction; Lens placode; Optic vesicle; Pax6

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; LENS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE PROTEINS; FEEDBACK; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034312313     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.184000     Document Type: Article

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