Extracellular FGF-1 acts as a lens differentiation factor in transgenic mice

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				L. Reneker, D. Silversides, L Xu, and P. Overbeek Formation of corneal endothelium is essential for anterior segment development - a transgenic mouse model of anterior segment dysgenesis Development, January 2, 2000; 127(3): 533 - 542. [Abstract] [PDF]

				B. Ring, S. Cordes, P. Overbeek, and G. Barsh Regulation of mouse lens fiber cell development and differentiation by the Maf gene Development, January 1, 2000; 127(2): 307 - 317. [Abstract] [PDF]

				R. A. Lang Which Factors Stimulate Lens Fiber Cell Differentiation In Vivo? Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., December 1, 1999; 40(13): 3075 - 3078. [Full Text] [PDF]

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				C. Suri, J. McClain, G. Thurston, D. M. McDonald, H. Zhou, E. H. Oldmixon, T. N. Sato, and G. D. Yancopoulos Increased Vascularization in Mice Overexpressing Angiopoietin-1 Science, October 16, 1998; 282(5388): 468 - 471. [Abstract] [Full Text]