Isolation and expression of Pax6 and atonal homologues in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2209-2219

  Blackburn, David C ^a   Conley, Kevin W ^b   Plachetzki, David C ^c   Kempler, Karen ^d   Battelle, Barbara Anne ^d   Brown, Nadean L ^b,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atonal; Chelicerate; Eye development; Limulus; Pax6

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIN 2; NEUROGENIN 3;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAX6 GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REGULATOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HORSESHOE CRABS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSIN TYPE III; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49449097240     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21634     Document Type: Article

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