Roles of cell-extrinsic growth factors in vertebrate eye pattern formation and retinogenesis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-103

  Yang, Xian Jie ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic growth factors; Eye morphogenesis; Retinogenesis; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA; EYE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842281539     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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