Role of thyroid hormone and retinoid receptors in the homeotic transformation of tails into limbs in frogs

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Maden, Malcolm ^a   Corcoran, Jonathan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amphibians; homeotic transformation; limb regeneration; Rana temporaria; retinoic acid; retinoic acid receptors; Retinoids; tail regeneration

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOL PALMITATE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TADPOLE;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; BENZOATES; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANA TEMPORARIA; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REGENERATION; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; RETINOIDS; TAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0029737814     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)19:1<85::AID-DVG9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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