Cloning and developmental expression of the Xenopus homeobox gene Xvsx1

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 216, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 829-834

  D'Autilia, Silvia ^a   Decembrini, Sarah ^a   Casarosa, Simona ^a   He, Rong Qiao ^b   Barsacchi, Giuseppina ^a   Cremisi, Federico ^a,c   Andreazzoli, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Ciliary marginal zone; Interneurons; Paired type homeobox; Retinogenesis; Vsx1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VSX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EYE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33751204752     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-006-0109-0     Document Type: Article

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