An eye on eye development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 130, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 347-358

  Sinn, Rebecca ^a   Wittbrodt, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye development; Eye morphogenesis; Retinal differentiation; Retinal patterning

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN TLC; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC VESICLE EVAGINATION; PAX6 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; RX3 GENE; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VISUAL FIELD; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879839902     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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