Regional abnormalities in retinal development are associated with local ocular hypopigmentation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 485, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-347

  Giménez, Estela ^a   Lavado, Alfonso ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^b   Montoliu, Lluís ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albino; Mitosis; Neurogenesis; Retinal pigment epithelium; Uncrossed chiasmatic projections; Variegation

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ALBINISM, OCULAR; ANIMALS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA;

EID: 16344379380     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20495     Document Type: Article

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