Eye field requires the function of Sfrp1 as a Wnt antagonist

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 414, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-29

  Kim, Hyung Seok ^a   Shin, Jimann ^a   Kim, Seok Hyung ^a   Chun, Hang Suk ^a   Kim, Jun Dae ^a   Kim, Young Seop ^a   Kim, Myoung Jin ^a   Rhee, Myungchull ^b   Yeo, Sang Yeob ^a   Huh, Tae Lin ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain patterning; Eye; sfrp1; Wnt antagonist; Wnt8b; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED8A PROTEIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DKK1; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT8B PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; ORGANOGENESIS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROSENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 33846901103     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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