Differential distribution of retinoic acid synthesis in the chicken embryo as determined by immunolocalization of the retinoic acid synthetic enzyme, RALDH-2

Developmental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-304

  Berggren, Kirsten ^a   McCaffery, Peter ^b,c   Dräger, Ursula ^b,c   Forehand, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Hindbrain; Kidney; Limb development; Mesoderm; Motor neurons; Neural crest; Pattern formation; Retinaldehyde dehydrogenase; Retinoic acid; Somite

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOTONEURON; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE;

EID: 0033564830     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9286     Document Type: Article

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