Regulation of gene expression by Pax6 in ocular cells: A case of tissue-preferred expression of crystallins in lens

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 829-844

  Cvekl, Ales ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Chauhan, Bharesh K ^a   Cveklova, Kveta ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallin; Eye; Gene regulation; Lens; Pax6; pRb

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CRYSTALLIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA F1 BINDING PROTEIN B; HEAT SHOCK FACTOR 2; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ASC 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA L MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION RACTOR RORALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZETA CRYSTALLIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EYE; EYE CELL; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE REFRACTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CRYSTALLINS; DNA; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 7444233421     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041866ac     Document Type: Review

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