The Xenopus ortholog of the nuclear hormone receptor Nr2e3 is primarily expressed in developing photoreceptors

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-239

  De Luna, Reyna I Martinez ^a   El Hodiri, Heithem M ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Notochord; Nr2e3; Nuclear hormone receptor; Photoreceptor; Pineal gland; Retina; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN NR2E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL GLAND; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34250375322     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062236rm     Document Type: Article

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