Mammalian homologues of the Drosophila eye specification genes

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 475-484

  Hanson, Isabel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DACH; EYA; Eyeless; PAX6; SIX

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANOPHTHALMIA; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035782846     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2001.0271     Document Type: Article

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