An allelic series at the paired box gene 6 (Pax6) locus reveals the functional specificity of Pax genes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 12130-12141

  Carbe, Christian ^a   Garg, Ankur ^a   Cai, Zhigang ^a   Li, Hongge ^a   Powers, Andrea ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATIONS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICITY; GENETIC STUDIES; NEURAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL DIFFERENTIATIONS; NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION;

BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

NEUROGENIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENHANCER REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NGN2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PAIRED BOX GENE 6 GENE; PAX2 GENE; PAX6(5A) GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EYE PROTEINS; GENETIC LOCI; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL TUBE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TELENCEPHALON;

METAZOA;

EID: 84876930489     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.436865     Document Type: Article

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