A forkhead gene, FoxE3, is essential for lens epithelial proliferation and closure of the lens vesicle

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-254

  Blixt, Åsa ^a   Mahlapuu, Margit ^a   Aitola, Marjo ^b   Pelto Huikko, Markku ^b   Enerbäck, Sven ^a   Carlsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cataract; Dysgenetic lens; Forkhead; FoxE3; Lens epithelium

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCATION; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034650544     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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