Expression of FoxE4 and Rx visualizes the timing and dynamics of critical processes taking place during initial stages of vertebrate eye development

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 294-307

  Zilinski, Carolyn ^a   Brownell, Isaac ^a   Hashimoto, Ryuju ^b   Medina Martinez, Olga ^a   Swindell, Eric C ^a   Jamrich, Milan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fox genes; Lens; Optic vesicle; Rx

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; FOXE3 GENE; FOXE4 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MALFORMATION; RX GENE; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 18644379461     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082271     Document Type: Article

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