Hth maintains the pool of eye progenitors and its downregulation by Dpp and Hh couples retinal fate acquisition with cell cycle exit

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-88

  Lopes, Carla S ^a   Casares, Fernando ^a,b  

^a Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ey; Hth meis; Organ size; Proliferation; Retina specification

Indexed keywords

DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HTH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA CELL;

EID: 77649188502     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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