Aberrant forebrain signaling during early development underlies the generation of holoprosencephaly and coloboma

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1812, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-401

  Gongal, Patricia A ^a,b   French, Curtis R ^a   Waskiewicz, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Coloboma; Gdf6; Holoprosencephaly; Retina; Retinoic acid; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3;

BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOROID; COLOBOMA; EYE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; COLOBOMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; PROSENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 78751706449     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.09.005     Document Type: Review

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