Signaling "cross-talk" is integrated by transcription factors in the development of the anterior segment in the eye

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2149-2162

  Gage, Philip J ^a   Zacharias, Amanda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior segment; Canonical Wnt signaling; Homeobox; Retinoic acid signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; DICKKOPF 2 PROTEIN; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 2; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EYE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 70349137551     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22033     Document Type: Review

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