Lhx2 is required for patterning and expansion of a distinct progenitor cell population committed to eye development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hägglund, Anna Carin ^a   Dahl, Lina ^a   Carlsson, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CRE RECOMBINASE; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN LHX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BMP4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BMP7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTEGRASE; LHX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL EXPANSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; LENS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 7; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; INTEGRASES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PLATE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84855581495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023387     Document Type: Article

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