Conditional knockout of retinal determination genes in differentiating cells in Drosophila

FEBS Journal

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 2754-2766

  Jin, Meng ^a   Eblimit, Aiden ^a   Pulikkathara, Merlyn ^a   Corr, Stuart ^a,b,c   Chen, Rui ^a   Mardon, Graeme ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

conditional gene knockout; Drosophila; eye development; eyes absent; sine oculis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EYA GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SO GENE;

EID: 84982949980     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.13772     Document Type: Article

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