Alx4 relays sequential FGF signaling to induce lacrimal gland morphogenesis

Ankur Garg; Mukesh Bansal; Noriko Gotoh; Gen-Sheng Feng; Jian Zhong; Fen Wang; Ariana Kariminejad; Steven Brooks; Xin Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1007047

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Alx4 relays sequential FGF signaling to induce lacrimal gland morphogenesis

Ankur Garg,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departments of Ophthalmology, Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America
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Mukesh Bansal,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation PsychoGenics Inc., Tarrytown, NY, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-6767

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Noriko Gotoh,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa city, Japan
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Gen-Sheng Feng,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, and Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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Jian Zhong,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Burke Medical Research Institute, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY, United States of America
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Fen Wang,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Center for Cancer Biology and Nutrition, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Ariana Kariminejad,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology & Genetics Center, Tehran, Iran
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Steven Brooks,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology, Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America
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Xin Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xz2369@columbia.edu

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology, Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5555-0825

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Alx4 relays sequential FGF signaling to induce lacrimal gland morphogenesis

Ankur Garg,
Mukesh Bansal,
Noriko Gotoh,
Gen-Sheng Feng,
Jian Zhong,
Fen Wang,
Ariana Kariminejad,
Steven Brooks,
Xin Zhang

Published: October 13, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007047

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