Pathways regulating lens induction in the mouse

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 783-791

  Lang, Richard A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Eye; Induction; Lens; Patterning

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR LIGAND; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TRACER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXE3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAB21L1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO MANIPULATION; EMBRYOLOGY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MODEL; LENS; MICROMANIPULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC VESICLE TRANSPLANTATION; PAX6 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEMANN OPTIC RUDIMENT ABLATION EXPERIMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE INDUCTION; TISSUE INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGANDS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 11144319402     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041903rl     Document Type: Review

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