Spatial and temporal regulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is essential for development of the retinal pigment epithelium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-45

  Fujimura, Naoko ^a   Taketo, Makoto M ^b   Mori, Mikiro ^c   Korinek, Vladimir ^a   Kozmik, Zbynek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mitf; Neural retina; Otx2; Retinal pigment epithelium; Wnt catenin signaling

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 69949150974     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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