RINX(VSX1), a novel homeobox gene expressed in the inner nuclear layer of the adult retina

Genomics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-139

  Hayashi, Takaaki ^a   Huang, Jing ^b   Deeb, Samir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20P; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOLDFISH; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; YEAST;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034661280     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6248     Document Type: Article

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