Smad4 is required predominantly in the developmental processes dependent on the BMP branch of the TGF-β signaling system in the embryonic mouse retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2930-2937

  Murali, Deepa ^a,b,c   Kawaguchi Niida, Motoko ^a,d   Deng, Chu Xia ^e   Furuta, Yasuhide ^a,b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c ITC   (India)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN LOXP; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXONS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROPHTHALMOS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 79955965960     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5940     Document Type: Article

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