Characterization of a novel prospero-related homeobox gene, Prox2

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-478

  Nishijima, Ichiko ^a   Ohtoshi, Akihira ^a  

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

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Homeobox; Knockout mouse; prospero subfamily; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; EXPRESSION VECTOR; EYE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LITTER SIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPERMATID; SURVIVAL; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PROSPERO;

EID: 33646583214     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0105-0     Document Type: Article

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