Expression profiling of zebrafish sox9 mutants reveals that Sox9 is required for retinal differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Yokoi, Hayato ^a   Yan, Yi Lin ^a   Miller, Michael R ^a   BreMiller, Ruth A ^a   Catchen, Julian M ^a   Johnson, Eric A ^a   Postlethwait, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calb2; Col11a2; Evolution of gene function; Microarray; M ller glia; Photoreceptor; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUELLER CELL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64049090578     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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