Haploinsufficiency of the transcription factors FOXC1 and FOXC2 results in aberrant ocular development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1021-1032

  Smith, Richard S ^a,b   Zabaleta, Adriana ^b   Kume, Tsutomu ^a,c   Savinova, Olga V ^b   Kidson, Susan H ^d   Martin, Janice E ^a,b   Nishimura, Darryl Y ^e   Alward, Wallace L M ^f   Hogan, Brigid L M ^a,c   John, Simon W M ^a,b,g  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA; HYPOPLASIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIS DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL;

ANIMALIA; ARA;

EID: 18144437181     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.7.1021     Document Type: Article

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