Specific craniofacial cartilage dysmorphogenesis coincides with a loss of dlx gene expression in retinoic acid-treated zebrafish embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 23-36

  Ellies, Debra L ^a,b   Langille, Robert M ^a   Martin, C Cristofre ^a,b   Akimenko, Marie Andrée ^a,b   Ekker, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cartilage; head skeleton; homeobox genes; neural crest; retinoic acid; zebrafish

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURAL CREST; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0031052707     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00616-8     Document Type: Article

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