The Pax6 isoform bearing an alternative spliced exon promotes the development of the neural retinal structure

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 735-745

  Azuma, Noriyuki ^a,b   Tadokoro, Keiko ^b   Asaka, Astuko ^b   Yamada, Masao ^b   Yamaguchi, Yuki ^c   Handa, Hiroshi ^c   Matsushima, Satsuki ^d   Watanabe, Takashi ^d   Kohsaka, Shinichi ^e   Kida, Yasuyuki ^f   Shiraishi, Tomoki ^f   Ogura, Toshihiko ^f   Shimamura, Kenji ^g,h   Nakafuku, Masato ^g,i  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^f Inst of Development Aging/Cancer   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISOPROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; EXON; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MARMOSET; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONKEY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA NERVE CELL; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; EXONS; EYE PROTEINS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20144376075     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi069     Document Type: Article

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