Heads or tails? Retinoic acid will decide

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 809-812

  Maden, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID 4 HYDROXYLASE; RETINOIC ACID 4-HYDROXYLASE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAD; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEAD; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0033215085     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199910)21:10<809::AID-BIES2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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