An essential role for Radar (Gdf6a) in inducing dorsal fate in the zebrafish retina

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2236-2241

  Gosse, Nathan J ^a   Baier, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Eye development; Ocular coloboma; Patterning; Tectum

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN B2; PROTEIN RADAR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINEAGE; CODON, TERMINATOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 6; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 60549099946     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803202106     Document Type: Article

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