Stimulation of premature retinoic acid synthesis in Xenopus embryos following premature expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase ALDH1

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Ang, Hwee Luan ^a   Duester, Gregg ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Frog embryo; Metabolism; Retinal dehydrogenase; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; XENOPUS;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033558125     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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