Inactivation of Smad4 leads to impaired ocular development and cataract formation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 400, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 476-482

  Liu, Ying ^a,b   Kawai, Kirio ^a   Khashabi, Shabnam ^a   Deng, Chuxia ^c   Liu, Yi Hsin ^a   Yiu, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyelid closure failure; Lens; Ocular development; Smad4

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYELID; LENS; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; TRANSGENICS;

ACTINS; ALPHA-CRYSTALLINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; CATARACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYELIDS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

EID: 77957268760     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.08.065     Document Type: Article

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