Suppression of lens growth by αA-crystallin promoter-driven expression of diphtheria toxin results in disruption of retinal cell organization in zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-127

  Kurita, Ryo ^a   Sagara, Hiroshi ^a   Aoki, Yutaka ^a   Link, Brian A ^b   Arai, Ken Ichi ^a   Watanabe, Sumiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diphtheria toxin; Lens; Retina; Zebrafish; A crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GANGLION; GROWTH RETARDATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; LENS; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0037334528     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(02)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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