Eye development and retinogenesis

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Heavner, Whitney ^a   Pevny, Larysa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE; EYE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE; EYE DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL PLATE; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870752438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008391     Document Type: Article

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