Direct regulatory interaction of the eyeless protein with an eye-specific enhancer in the sine oculis gene during eye induction in Drosophila

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				B. K. Chauhan, N. A. Reed, W. Zhang, M. K. Duncan, M. W. Kilimann, and A. Cvekl Identification of Genes Downstream of Pax6 in the Mouse Lens Using cDNA Microarrays J. Biol. Chem., March 22, 2002; 277(13): 11539 - 11548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Baonza and M. Freeman Control of Drosophila eye specification by Wingless signalling Development, January 12, 2002; 129(23): 5313 - 5322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. Punzo, M. Seimiya, S. Flister, W. J. Gehring, and S. Plaza Differential interactions of eyeless and twin of eyeless with the sine oculis enhancer Development, January 2, 2002; 129(3): 625 - 634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. Jiao, M. Daube, H. Duan, Y. Zou, E. Frei, and M. Noll Headless flies generated by developmental pathway interference Development, September 1, 2001; 128(17): 3307 - 3319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				C. Punzo, S. Kurata, and W. J. Gehring The eyeless homeodomain is dispensable for eye development in Drosophila Genes & Dev., July 1, 2001; 15(13): 1716 - 1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. Pineda, J. Gonzalez, P. Callaerts, K. Ikeo, W. J. Gehring, and E. Salo Special Feature: Searching for the prototypic eye genetic network: Sine oculis is essential for eye regeneration in planarians PNAS, April 25, 2000; 97(9): 4525 - 4529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Martini, G Roman, S Meuser, G Mardon, and R. Davis The retinal determination gene, dachshund, is required for mushroom body cell differentiation Development, January 6, 2000; 127(12): 2663 - 2672. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M Seimiya and W. Gehring The Drosophila homeobox gene optix is capable of inducing ectopic eyes by an eyeless-independent mechanism Development, January 5, 2000; 127(9): 1879 - 1886. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J Curtiss and M Mlodzik Morphogenetic furrow initiation and progression during eye development in Drosophila: the roles of decapentaplegic, hedgehog and eyes absent Development, January 3, 2000; 127(6): 1325 - 1336. [Abstract] [PDF]

				S. Singh, C. M. Stellrecht, H. K. Tang, and G. F. Saunders Modulation of PAX6 Homeodomain Function by the Paired Domain J. Biol. Chem., June 2, 2000; 275(23): 17306 - 17313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]