Equarin, a novel soluble molecule expressed with polarity at chick embryonic lens equator, is involved in eye formation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-155

  Mu, Hong ^a,b   Ohta, Kunimasa ^a,c   Kuriyama, Sei ^a   Shimada, Naoko ^d   Tanihara, Hidenobu ^b   Yasuda, Kunio ^d   Tanaka, Hideaki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick; Equarin; Eye development; Lens; Signal sequence trap; SRPX (Sushi repeat containing protein X chromosome)

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EQUARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EYE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037310411     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00423-9     Document Type: Article

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