Early and late changes in Pax6 expression accompany eye degeneration during cavefish development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 138-144

  Strickler, A G ^a   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Jeffery, W R ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Astyanax; Cavefish; Evolution; Eye degeneration; Pax6

Indexed keywords

DISTALLESS 3 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; CAVEFISH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEGENERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EYE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GANGLION; LENS; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; STAINING; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; EUKARYOTA; FORBESICHTHYS AGASSIZII; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034852754     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270000123     Document Type: Article

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