Las proteínas de especificación ocular So y Eya forman un complejo y regulan múltiples pasos en el desarrollo ocular

F Pignoni1, B Hu, K H Zavitz

  • 1Department of Biological Chemistry, The School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA.

Cell
|January 15, 1998
PubMed
Resumen

Las proteínas sine oculis (so) y ojos ausentes (eya) regulan el desarrollo ocular de la Drosophila e interactúan para controlar la proliferación celular, el patrón y el desarrollo neuronal. Esta interacción es crucial para especificar la identidad del tejido ocular.

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