Pitx3 controls multiple aspects of lens development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2193-2201

  Medina Martinez, Olga ^a   Shah, Rina ^a   Jamrich, Milan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphakia; Foxe3; Lens; Pitx3

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1C; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXE 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HSF 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHAKIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; APHAKIA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70349091843     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21924     Document Type: Article

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