A novel function for Hedgehog signalling in retinal pigment epithelium differentiation

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1565-1577

  Perron, Muriel ^a,b   Boy, Sébastien ^a   Amato, Marcos A ^a   Viczian, Andrea ^b   Koebernick, Katja ^c   Pieler, Tomas ^c   Harris, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut fuer Biochemie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hedgehog pathway; Proximodistal axis; Retinal pigment epithelium; Retinal stem cells; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TADPOLE; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERATRUM ALKALOIDS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037730213     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00391     Document Type: Review

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