Tbx2b is required for ultraviolet photoreceptor cell specification during zebrafish retinal development

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2023-2028

  Alvarez Delfin, Karen ^a   Morris, Ann C ^a   Snelson, Corey D ^b   Gamse, Joshua T ^b   Gupta, Tripti ^c   Marlow, Florence L ^c   Mullins, Mary C ^c   Burgess, Harold A ^c   Granato, Michael ^c   Fadool, James M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; Danio rerio; Mosaic; T box

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; LOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TBX2B GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CODON, NONSENSE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60549086219     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809439106     Document Type: Article

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