Retinoic acid: A key molecule for eye and photoreceptor development

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1471-1475

  Hyatt, George A ^a   Dowling, John E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EYE; PHOTORECEPTORS; TRETINOIN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0030753004     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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