Eye development in the Cape dune mole rat

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-117

  Nikitina, Natalya V ^a,b   Kidson, Susan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergus suillus; Cape dune mole rat; Ciliary body; Crystallins; Eye development; Lens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BATHYERGUS SUILLUS; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGUS; BATHYERGUS SUILLUS; MAMMALIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CILIARY BODY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOLE RATS; ORGAN SIZE; SOUTH AFRICA; THYMOSIN;

EID: 84898039180     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-014-0468-x     Document Type: Article

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