The dorsal-ventral axis of the neural retina is divided into multiple domains of restricted gene expression which exhibit features of lineage compartments

Developmental Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-73

  Peters, Maureen A ^a   Cepko, Constance L ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALDH; Bmp4; Compartments; Eph; Patterning; Retina; Retinoic acid; Tbx5; Vax

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXIS; CELL LINEAGE; CHICKEN; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETINA; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETROVIRUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036429166     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0791     Document Type: Article

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