Lens defects in Astyanax mexicanus Cavefish: Evolution of crystallins and a role for alphaA-crystallin

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 505-521

  Hinaux, Hélène ^a   Blin, Maryline ^a   Fumey, Julien ^a   Legendre, Laurent ^b   Heuzé, Aurélie ^a   Casane, Didier ^a   Rétaux, Sylvie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMS 1374 AMAGEN INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cryaa; Gene expression; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEGENERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS DISEASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84927719542     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22239     Document Type: Article

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