Retinoids in embryonal development

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1021-1054

  Ross, Sharon A ^a,b,c   McCaffery, Peter J ^a,b,c   Drager, Ursula C ^a,b,c   De Luca, Luigi M ^a,b,c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOID; RETINOL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRTH DEFECT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOLOGY;

EID: 0033949401     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.3.1021     Document Type: Review

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