Dominant-negative form of the Pax6 homolog eyeless for tissue-specific loss-of-function studies in the developing eye and brain in Drosophila

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 74-75

  Niimi, T ^a   Clements, J ^b   Gehring, W J ^a   Callaerts, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0036743664     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10140     Document Type: Article

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