Chordate βγ-crystallins and the evolutionary developmental biology of the vertebrate lens

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-357

  Riyahi, Kumars ^a   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Ciona; Crystallin; Evolution; Lens; Placode

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

BIOPHYSICS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LENS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 34249063275     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.03.014     Document Type: Review

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