Retinal mitosis is regulated by dopa, a melanin precursor that may influence the time at which cells exit the cell cycle: Analysis of patterns of cell production in pigmented and albino retinae

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 405, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 394-405

  Ilia, Maria ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell death; Development; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

DOPA; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; MITOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OCULAR ALBINISM; ORGAN CULTURE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; EMBRYO; MELANINS; MITOSIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0033559105     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990315)405:3<394::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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