[HTML][HTML] Cell fate decisions, transcription factors and signaling during early retinal development

R Diacou, P Nandigrami, A Fiser, W Liu… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of the vertebrate eyes is a complex process starting from anterior-posterior
and dorso-ventral patterning of the anterior neural tube, resulting in the formation of the eye …

The evolution of transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes

GA Wray, MW Hahn, E Abouheif… - Molecular biology …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Gene expression is central to the genotype-phenotype relationship in all organisms, and it is
an important component of the genetic basis for evolutionary change in diverse aspects of …

The probability of duplicate gene preservation by subfunctionalization

M Lynch, A Force - Genetics, 2000 - academic.oup.com
It has often been argued that gene-duplication events are most commonly followed by a
mutational event that silences one member of the pair, while on rare occasions both …

The Spectrum of PAX6 Mutations and Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in the Eye

D Lima Cunha, G Arno, M Corton, M Moosajee - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The transcription factor PAX6 is essential in ocular development in vertebrates, being
considered the master regulator of the eye. During eye development, it is essential for the …

[HTML][HTML] Congenital aniridia beyond black eyes: from phenotype and novel genetic mechanisms to innovative therapeutic approaches

A Daruich, M Duncan, MP Robert, N Lagali… - Progress in retinal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Congenital PAX6-aniridia, initially characterized by the absence of the iris, has progressively
been shown to be associated with other developmental ocular abnormalities and systemic …

Early eye development in vertebrates

RL Chow, RA Lang - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract This review provides a synthesis that combines data from classical
experimentation and recent advances in our understanding of early eye development …

Pax 6: mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution

WJ Gehring, K Ikeo - Trends in genetics, 1999 - cell.com
Pax 6 genes from various animal phyla are capable of inducing ectopic eye development,
indicating that Pax 6 is a master control gene for eye morphogenesis. It is proposed that the …

Structure, function and evolution of CpG island promoters

F Antequera - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2003 - Springer
Mammalian promoters belong to two different categories in terms of base composition and
DNA methylation. In humans and mice, approximately 60% of all promoters colocalize with …

Pax6 activity in the lens primordium is required for lens formation and for correct placement of a single retina in the eye

R Ashery-Padan, T Marquardt, X Zhou… - Genes & …, 2000 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The Pax6 transcription factor plays a key role in ocular development of vertebrates and
invertebrates. Homozygosity of the Pax6 null mutation in human and mice results in arrest of …

Tbx6-dependent Sox2 regulation determines neural or mesodermal fate in axial stem cells

T Takemoto, M Uchikawa, M Yoshida, DM Bell… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
The classical view of neural plate development held that it arises from the ectoderm, after its
separation from the mesodermal and endodermal lineages. However, recent cell-lineage …