Regulation of development by Rx genes

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 761-770

  Bailey, Travis J ^a   El Hodiri, Heithem ^b   Zhang, Li ^c   Shah, Rina ^a   Mathers, Peter H ^d   Jamrich, Milan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Novasite Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye development; Rax; Retina; Rx

Indexed keywords

ANOPHTHALMIA; ANTERIOR NEURAL REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CHOKH GENE; EL GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EVOLUTION; EY1 GENE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; RX GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; EYE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYZIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EYE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; ORYZIAS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 21644462569     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041878tb     Document Type: Review

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