Compartmentalization of vertebrate optic neuroephithelium: External cues and transcription factors

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-324

  Kim, Hyoung Tai ^a   Kim, Jin Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eye morphogenesis; Optic stalk; Retina; Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAX1 PROTEIN; VAX2 PROTEIN; VSX2 PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT5B PROTEIN; WNT7B PROTEIN;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; EYE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC STALK; OPTIC VESICLE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; NEURAL PLATE; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863483872     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-012-0030-5     Document Type: Review

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