Rax: Developmental and daily expression patterns in the rat pineal gland and retina

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 999-1007

  Rohde, Kristian ^a   Klein, David C ^b   Mãller, Morten ^a   Rath, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian biology; developmental biology; pineal gland; Rax; retina; Rx

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PINEAL BODY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AND ANTERIOR NEURAL FOLD HOMEOBOX GENE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER;

RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052343295     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07385.x     Document Type: Article

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