Vertebrate eye development /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fini, M. Elizabeth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [2000]
Series:Results and problems in cell differentiation. 31.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Vertebrate eye development and refractive function: an overview / Barbara Sivak, Jacob Sivak
  • Introduction and general eye development
  • Eye development and optical function
  • Visual environment and eye development
  • Early pattern formation
  • Pax6 and the genetic control of early eye development / Stefan Wawersik, Patricia Purcell, Richard L. Mass
  • Pax6 plays a critical role in vertebrate ocular development
  • Molecular biology of the Pax6 gene product
  • Genomic structure and transcriptional regulation of Pax6
  • Pax6 in Drosophila: master regulator or network manager?
  • From fly to mouse: identifying Pax6 target genes
  • Early retinal development in Drosophila / Ulrike Heberlein, Jessica E. Treisman
  • Specification of the eye primordium
  • Dorsal-ventral patterning and growth of the eye disc
  • Initiation of differentiation
  • How are specification and initiation related?
  • Progression of differentiation
  • Embryonic induction
  • Induction of the lens / Nicolas Hirsch, Robert M. Grainger
  • A historical overview of the study of lens induction
  • Competence
  • Bias
  • Inhibition
  • Specification
  • Differentiation
  • Retinal differentiation
  • Molecular control of cell diversification in the vertebrate retina / Sabine Fuhrmann, Lely Chow, Thomas A. Reh
  • Does a code of transcription factors define retinal cell identities?
  • Do extracellular signals define retinal identities?
  • Cell fate specification in the Drosophila retina / Justin P. Kumar, Kevin Moses
  • The R8 photoreceptor cell
  • The R7 photoreceptor cell
  • Roles of the extracellular matrix in retinal development and maintenance / Richard T. Libby, William J. Brunken, Dale D. Hunter
  • Multiple extrinsic cues are involved in retinal development
  • Laminins
  • Laminins and photoreceptor development
  • Role of the interphotoreceptor matrix in maintaining photoreceptor viability
  • Adhesive events in retinal development and function: the role of integrin receptors / Dennis O. Clegg ... [et al.]
  • Integrins in the developing retina
  • Integrins in the mature retina
  • Future directions
  • Formation of neural pathways for vision
  • Connecting the eye with the brain: the formation of the retinotectal pathway / Karl G. Johnson, William A. Harris
  • The retinotectal pathway
  • Regeneration
  • Regeneration of the lens in amphibians / Panagiotis A. Tsonis
  • Phylogeny
  • Histological and cellular events
  • Molecular biology and gene regulation
  • In vitro systems for lens regeneration
  • Clinical applications
  • How the neural retina regenerates / Pamela A. Raymond, Peter F. Hitchcock
  • Neurogenesis and neuronal stem cells
  • Regeneration of the neural retina in adult urodele amphibians
  • Regeneration of the neural retina in adult teleost fish
  • A model of retinal injury in fish, amphibians and mammals
  • Genetic models
  • Mouse mutants for eye development / Jochen Graw
  • Mutations affecting early eye development
  • Maturation of the eye (1): lens development
  • Maturation of the eye (2): cornea, iris, and ciliary body
  • Maturation of the eye (3): the retina
  • Genetic analysis of eye development in zebrafish / Jarema Malicki
  • Genetic screens in zebrafish
  • Currently available eye mutants
  • Future prospects of zebrafish genetics.