Equarin is involved as an FGF signaling modulator in chick lens differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-117

  Song, Xiaohong ^a   Sato, Yuya ^b   Felemban, Athary ^a   Ito, Ayako ^a   Hossain, Mahmud ^a   Ochiai, Hiroshi ^c   Yamamoto, Takashi ^c   Sekiguchi, Kiyotoshi ^b   Tanaka, Hideaki ^a   Ohta, Kunimasa ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick; Differentiation; Equarin; FGF signaling; Lens; Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs)

Indexed keywords

EQUARIN PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; EQUARIN GENE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; LENS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84862771470     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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