Defects in eye development in transgenic mice overexpressing the heparan sulfate proteoglycan agrin

Developmental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-180

  Fuerst, Peter G ^a   Rauch, Steven M ^a   Burgess, Robert W ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dysgenesis; Genetic modifiers; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Pax6; Retina; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC PARAMETERS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; SENSITIZATION; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

ERINACEIDAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33846924789     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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