Dorsal and ventral retinal territories defined by retinoic acid synthesis, break-down and nuclear receptor expression

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-130

  McCaffery, Peter ^a,b   Wagner, Elisabeth ^a,b   O'Neil, Jennifer ^a,b   Petkovich, Martin ^c   Dräger, Ursula C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AHD2; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; CYP26; Dorso ventral retina axis; Eye morphogenesis; Mouse embryo; P450 linked oxidase; Retina; Retinaldehyde; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EYE; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RETINA; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0032976946     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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