Graded retinoid responses in the developing hindbrain

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-49

  Godsave, S F ^a   Koster, C H ^a   Getahun, A ^a   Mathu, M ^a   Hooiveld, M ^a   Van Der Wees, J ^a   Hendriks, J ^a   Durston, A J ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

An teroposterior patterning; Hoxb genes; Retinoids; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031823241     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199809)213:1<39::AID-AJA4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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