Wnt signaling in eye organogenesis

Organogenesis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Fuhrmann, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Ciliary body; Eye; Frizzled; Frog; Lens; Mouse; Retina; Vasculature; Wnt; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FROG; IRIS; LENS; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 45849142919     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.4.2.5850     Document Type: Review

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