Eye regeneration at the molecular age

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-224

  Del Rio Tsonis, Katia ^a   Tsonis, Panagiotis A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Lens; Regeneration; Retina; Stem cells; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; LENS; LENSECTOMY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; RETINA; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STEM CELL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; INVERTEBRATES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MAMMALS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; RETINA; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037309926     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10224     Document Type: Review

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