Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and programmed cell death in the vertebrate retina

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 245, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-43

  Duenker, Nicole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Development; Neurogenesis; Programmed cell death; Retina; TGF

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; INSULIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ISOPROTEIN; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; ISOPRENALINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA INDUCED IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; CHICKEN; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHICK EMBRYO; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 23944476073     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(05)45002-0     Document Type: Review

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