DNA-Binding Characteristics of Cnidarian Pax-C and Pax-B Proteins In Vivo and In Vitro: No Simple Relationship with the Pax-6 and Pax-2/5/8 Classes

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-35

  Plaza, Serge ^a,c   De Jong, Danielle M ^b   Gehring, Walter J ^a   Miller, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0242386894     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.38     Document Type: Article

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