Building a fly eye. Terminal differentiation events of the retina, corneal lens, and pigmented epithelia

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 93, Issue C, 2010, Pages 129-173

  Charlton Perkins, Mark ^a   Cook, Tiffany A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; BOOK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LENS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORNEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77957895213     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385044-7.00005-9     Document Type: Book

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