Pax6; a pleiotropic player in development

BioEssays

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1041-1051

  Ian Simpson, T ^a   Price, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KERATIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRYSTALLINS; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036844682     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10174     Document Type: Review

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