Retinoic acid induces a tissue-specific deletion in the expression domain of Otx2

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-169

  Clotman, F ^a   Van Maele Fabry, G ^a   Picard, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory of Developmental Genetics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

All trans retinoic acid; Otx2 expression domain; Three dimensional reconstruction; Tissue specific deletion; Whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROSENCEPHALON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRETINOIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030915538     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(97)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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