Wnt signaling is required for organization of the lens fiber cell cytoskeleton and development of lens three-dimensional architecture

Developmental Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-176

  Chen, Yongjuan ^a   Stump, Richard J W ^a,b   Lovicu, Frank J ^a,b,c   Shimono, Akihiko ^d   McAvoy, John W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Frizzled; Lens cell cytoskeleton; Lens development; Lens fibers; Planar cell polarity; Rho GTPases; Secreted frizzled related proteins; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 2; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LENS FIBER; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 55749100664     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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