Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10932196 Developmental Biology 2012 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Early optic vesicle cells expressing dorsal markers contribute to dorsal retina. ► Bmps are required for initiating dorsal fate prior to bmp expression in retina. ► Two bmps are required for dorsal retinal fate initiation, acting extraocularly. ► Extraocular bmp2b is required, acting upstream of gdf6a in dorsal retina initiation. ► Our work defines a basic mechanism for retinal patterning using extraocular signals.
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