In vitro lens transdifferentiation of Xenopus laevis outer cornea induced by fibroblast growth factor (FGF)

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-428

  Bosco, Luigi ^a   Venturini, Giorgio ^b   Willems, Daniela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cornea; FGF; Lens; Transdifferentiation; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; APHIDICOLIN; DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DNA REPLICATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; APHIDICOLIN; BRAIN; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CORNEA; DNA POLYMERASE II; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MITOTIC INDEX; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; EUKARYOTA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031047452     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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