Soluble factors and the development of rod photoreceptors

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 224-234

  Levine, E M ^a,b   Fuhrmann, S ^a   Reh, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliary neurotrophic factor; Epidermal growth factor; Fibroblast growth factor; Hedgehog; Retina; Retinoic acid; Signaling factors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; LAMININ; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECOVERIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TAURINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEDGEHOG; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SOLUBILIZATION; RETINA; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEM CELL;

EID: 0034098819     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000686     Document Type: Review

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