Article
Early embryonic interaction of retinal pigment epithelium and mesenchymal tissue induces conversion of pigment epithelium to neural retinal fate in the silver mutation of the Japanese quail.
Development, growth & differentiation - 1 Apr 1998
Araki M, Yamao M, Tsudzuki M
Abstract excerpt
The neural retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) diverge from the optic vesicle during early embryonic development. They originate from different portions of the optic vesicle, the more distal part developing as the neural retina and the proximal part as RPE. As the distal part appears to make contact with the epidermis and the proximal part faces mesenchymal tissues, these two portions would encounter...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Coturnix
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 1
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genotype
- Mesoderm
- Mutation
- Neurons