Distinct roles of maf genes during Xenopus lens development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 155-166

  Ishibashi, Shoko ^a   Yasuda, Kunio ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lens development; Lens induction; Pax6; Xenopus; XL maf; XmafB

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035117565     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00585-2     Document Type: Article

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