Genetic Dissection of Dual Roles for the Transcription Factor six7 in Photoreceptor Development and Patterning in Zebrafish

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Sotolongo Lopez, Mailin ^a   Alvarez Delfin, Karen ^a,b   Saade, Carole J ^a   Vera, Daniel L ^a   Fadool, James M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SINE OCULIS HOMEOBOX HOMOLOG 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SIX7 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; LARVAL STAGE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA ROD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE PHOTORECEPTOR CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84964879133     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005968     Document Type: Article

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