Fgf signals from a novel signaling center determine axial patterning of the prospective neural retina

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4951-4962

  Picker, Alexander ^a   Brand, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axial patterning; Danio rerio; Efn; Eph; Eye development; Fgf; Fgf8; Nasal; Temporal; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA CELL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; EYE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES; TELENCEPHALON; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 28844438356     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02071     Document Type: Article

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