The role of a lens survival pathway including sox2 and αA-crystallin in the evolution of cavefish eye degeneration

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[13] Alunni A(2008)Synteny and candidate gene prediction using an anchored linkage map of Astyanax mexicanus Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105 20106-326

[14] Menuet A(2012)Evolution of an adaptive behavior and its sensory receptors promotes eye regression in blind cavefish BMC Biol 10 108-782

[15] Candal E(2013)Quantitative genetic analysis of retinal degeneration in the blind cavefish Astyanax mexicanus PLoS One 8 e57281-31261

[16] Penigault JB(1998)Cloning of the alphaA-crystallin genes of a blind cave form and the epigean form of Astyanax fasciatus: a comparative analysis of structure, expression and evolutionary conservation Gene 216 319-3619

[17] Jeffery WR(2007)Lens gene expression analysis reveals downregulation of the anti-apoptotic chaperone alphaA-crystallin during cavefish eye degeneration Dev Genes Evol 217 771-13035

[18] Retaux S(1998)The molecular chaperone alphaA-crystallin enhances lens epithelial cell growth and resistance to UVA stress J Biol Chem 273 31252-23341

[19] Strickler AG(2004)Expression and regulation of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-crystallins in mammalian lens epithelial cells Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45 3608-127

[20] Yamamoto Y(2013)Chaperone peptides of alpha-crystallin inhibit epithelial cell apoptosis, protein insolubilization, and opacification in experimental cataracts J Biol Chem 288 13022-2593

[11] Yamamoto Y(2007)Regressive evolution in the Mexican cave tetra, Astyanax mexicanus Curr Biol 17 452-209

[12] Jeffery WR(2008)Multi-trait evolution in a cave fish, Astyanax mexicanus Evol Dev 10 196-20111

[13] Alunni A(2008)Synteny and candidate gene prediction using an anchored linkage map of Astyanax mexicanus Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105 20106-326

[14] Menuet A(2012)Evolution of an adaptive behavior and its sensory receptors promotes eye regression in blind cavefish BMC Biol 10 108-782

[15] Candal E(2013)Quantitative genetic analysis of retinal degeneration in the blind cavefish Astyanax mexicanus PLoS One 8 e57281-31261

[16] Penigault JB(1998)Cloning of the alphaA-crystallin genes of a blind cave form and the epigean form of Astyanax fasciatus: a comparative analysis of structure, expression and evolutionary conservation Gene 216 319-3619

[17] Jeffery WR(2007)Lens gene expression analysis reveals downregulation of the anti-apoptotic chaperone alphaA-crystallin during cavefish eye degeneration Dev Genes Evol 217 771-13035

[18] Retaux S(1998)The molecular chaperone alphaA-crystallin enhances lens epithelial cell growth and resistance to UVA stress J Biol Chem 273 31252-23341

[19] Strickler AG(2004)Expression and regulation of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-crystallins in mammalian lens epithelial cells Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45 3608-127

[20] Yamamoto Y(2013)Chaperone peptides of alpha-crystallin inhibit epithelial cell apoptosis, protein insolubilization, and opacification in experimental cataracts J Biol Chem 288 13022-2593