Mice bearing deletions of retinoic acid receptors demonstrate reduced lung elastin and alveolar numbers

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-167

  McGowan, Stephen ^a,b,c   Jackson, Sheila K ^a,b   Jenkins Moore, Melinda ^a,b   Dai, Hui Hui ^a,b   Chambon, Pierre ^a,b   Snyder, Jeanne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033836437     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.23.2.3904     Document Type: Article

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