Photoreceptor subtype specification: From flies to humans

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 509-518

  Cook, Tiffany ^a   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LCR; Opsin; Otd; Photoreceptor; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

CELL SPECIFICITY; DROSOPHILA; FLY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035783049     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2001.0275     Document Type: Article

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