Novel dominant-negative mutation within the six domain of the conserved eye specification gene sine oculis inhibits eye development in Drosophila

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 753-766

  Roederer, Kristin ^a   Cozy, Loralyn ^a   Anderson, Jason ^a   Kumar, Justin P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Eye specification; Retina; Sine oculis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GENE; GENE MUTATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINE OCULIS GENE; SIX GENE; SIX3 GENE; SIX6 GENE; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 14644415498     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20316     Document Type: Article

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