Six9 (Optx2), a new member of the Six gene family of transcription factors, is expressed at early stages of vertebrate ocular and pituitary development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 155-159

  López Ríos, Javier ^a   Gallardo, M Esther ^b,c   Rodríguez De Córdoba, Santiago ^b,c   Bovolenta, Paola ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Cirugía Oncológica Unidad de Patología Mamaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior neural plate; Chick; Dienchephalon; Eye development; Homeobox; Hypothalamus; Infundibulum; Lens; Lens placode; Mouse; Neural retina; Olfactory placode; Optic cup; Optic stalk; Optic vesicle; Pigment epithelium; Pituitary; Prechordal Plate; Rostral neuropore; Sine oculis; Six3; Ventral forebrain

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HYPOPHYSIS; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; PITUITARY GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344299284     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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