Overexpression of FGF-2 alters cell fate specification in the developing retina of Xenopus laevis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 170-180

  Patel, A ^a   McFarlane, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell genesis; Eye primordium; Muller glia; Photoreceptor; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034214352     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9695     Document Type: Article

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