Pigmented epithelium to retinal transdifferentiation and Pax6 expression in larval Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 958-967

  Arresta, Emiliano ^a   Bernardini, Sergio ^a   Bernardini, Enrico ^a   Filoni, Sergio ^a,b   Cannata, Stefano M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 30744464346     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.219     Document Type: Article

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