Genetic regulation of vertebrate eye development

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 453-460

  Zagozewski, J L ^a   Zhang, Q ^b   Eisenstat, D D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bHLH genes; Eye malformations; Genetic eye diseases; Homeobox genes; Retina development; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; RETINA; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL FIELD;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; RETINA; VERTEBRATES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84911953638     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12493     Document Type: Review

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