Activin signaling limits the competence for retinal regeneration from the pigmented epithelium

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 106-116

  Sakami, Sanae ^a   Etter, Paige ^a   Reh, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Eye; Pigment; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DIOXOLES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 37349129266     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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