Optic cup and lens development requires Pax6 expression in the early optic vesicle during a narrow time window

Developmental Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-132

  Canto Soler, M Valeria ^a   Adler, Ruben ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aniridia; Cell death; Loss of function; Morpholino; Pax6; Retina; Small eye; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; EYE; EYE MALFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICK EMBRYO; DOWN-REGULATION; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 33745926821     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.02.033     Document Type: Article

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