A zebrafish model of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome reveals that pitx2 regulation by Retinoic Acid is essential for ocular and craniofacial development

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-22

  Bohnsack, Brenda L ^a   Kasprick, Daniel S ^a   Kish, Phillip E ^a   Goldman, Daniel ^b   Kahana, Alon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AXENFELD RIEGER SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; MUSCLE CELL; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PITX2 GENE; PITX2A GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FACIAL BONES; FACIAL MUSCLES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLINOS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKULL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84855337631     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8494     Document Type: Article

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