Limited specificity and large overlap of the functions of the mouse RARγ1 and RARγ2 isoforms

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 131-142

  Subbarayan, Vemparala ^a   Kastner, Philippe ^a   Mark, Manuel ^a   Dierich, Andrée ^a   Gorry, Philippe ^a,b   Chambon, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Isoforms; Mouse; Null mutation; RAR gene

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030930611     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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