Iris development in vertebrates; genetic and molecular considerations

Brain Research

Volumn 1192, Issue , 2008, Pages 17-28

  Davis Silberman, Noa ^a   Ashery Padan, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aniridia; Axenfeld Rieger syndrome; FoxC1; Iris; Iris transdifferentiation; Pax6; Pitx2

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; WNT PROTEIN;

ANATOMY; ANIRIDIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; GENETIC TRAIT; IRIS; IRIS DEVELOPMENT; LENS EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROECTODERM; OPTIC DISK CUP; ORGANOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIEGER SYNDROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STROMA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; IRIS; MESODERM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38849192408     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.043     Document Type: Review

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