Relative axial myopia in Egr-1 (ZENK) knockout mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Schippert, Ruth ^a   Burkhardt, Eva ^a   Feldkaemper, Marita ^a   Schaeffel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EGR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGR 1 GENE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOMETRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CORNEA; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EYE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE SILENCING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 33846927314     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0851     Document Type: Article

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