Activated Ras alters lens and corneal development through induction of distinct downstream targets

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Burgess, Daniel ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Siefker, Ed ^a   Vaca, Ryan ^a   Kuracha, Murali R ^a   Reneker, Lixing ^b   Overbeek, Paul A ^c   Govindarajan, Venkatesh ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; LENS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RAS PROTEINS;

EID: 77649132916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-10-13     Document Type: Article

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