Conditional mutations of beta-catenin and APC reveal roles for canonical Wnt signaling in lens differentiation.

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Published in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci on June 10, 2009

Authors

Gemma Martinez1, Mary Wijesinghe, Kirsty Turner, Helen E Abud, Makoto M Taketo, Tetsuo Noda, Michael L Robinson, Robb U de Iongh

Author Affiliations

1: Ocular Development Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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