A single morphogenetic field gives rise to two retina primordia under the influence of the prechordal plate

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 603-615

  Li, Hua Shun ^a   Tierney, Christopher ^a   Wen, Leng ^a   Wu, Jane Y ^a   Rao, Yi ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Eye development; Prechordal mesoderm; Retina field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031043536     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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