Lhx2 links the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that control optic cup formation

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3895-3906

  Yun, Sanghee ^a   Saijoh, Yukio ^a   Hirokawa, Karla E ^b   Kopinke, Daniel ^a   Murtaugh, L Charles ^a   Monukï, Edwin S ^b   Levine, Edward M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anophthalmia; BMP; Eye field transcription factor; Lens; Optic vesicle; Retina

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 15; LIM PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VSX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGANOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70450178167     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.041202     Document Type: Article

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