Meis1 coordinates a network of genes implicated in eye development and microphthalmia

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3009-3020

  Marcos, Séverine ^a,b   González Lázaro, Monica ^c   Beccari, Leonardo ^a,b   Carramolino, Laura ^c   Martin Bermejo, Maria Jesus ^a,b   Amarie, Oana ^d   Martı́n, Daniel Mateos San ^c   Torroja, Carlos ^c   Bogdanović, Ozren ^e,f   Doohan, Roisin ^c   Puk, Oliver ^d   de Angelis, Martin Hrabĕ ^d   Graw, Jochen ^d   Gomez Skarmeta, Jose Luis ^e   Casares, Fernando ^e   Torres, Miguel ^c   Bovolenta, Paola ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Universidad Pablo de Olavide   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental disorders; Microphthalmia; Mouse; Notch signaling; Patterning; TALE transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN MEIS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYELOID ECOTROPIC VIRAL INTEGRATION SITE 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINA; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLOOD VESSEL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEFICIENCY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; EYE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOOD VESSELS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROPHTHALMOS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84940726982     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.122176     Document Type: Article

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