VAX GENES: THEIR ROLE IN AXON GUIDANCE IN THE VISUAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS AND IN HUMAN OCULAR AND PERIPHERAL DISEASES

Scientific Publications

• 2004 JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

  Defective postnatal neurogenesis and disorganization of the rostral migratory stream in absence of the Vax1 homeobox gene

• 2005 GENES & DEVELOPMENT

  Vax genes ventralize the embryonic eye

• 2002 DEVELOPMENT

  The homeodomain protein Vax2 patterns the dorsoventral and nasotemporal axes of the eye

• 2004 DEVELOPMENT

  Compromised generation of GABAergic interneurons in the brains of Vax1(-/-) mice

• 2008 DEVELOPMENT

  Alternative promoter use in eye development: the complex role and regulation of the transcription factor MITF