β-catenin controls differentiation of the retinal pigment epithelium in the mouse optic cup by regulating Mitf and Otx2 expression

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2505-2510

  Westenskow, Peter ^a   Piccolo, Stefano ^b   Fuhrmann, Sabine ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

catenin; Development; Eye; Mouse; RPE

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EYE DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69049085662     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.032136     Document Type: Article

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