Canonical Wnt/β-catenin signalling is essential for optic cup formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Hägglund, Anna Carin ^a   Berghard, Anna ^b   Carlsson, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIMORDIUM; RETINA NERVE CELL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANOPHTHALMOS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CADHERINS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE; MICE; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84891886988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081158     Document Type: Article

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