Vitamin A deficiency results in the dose-dependent acquisition of anterior character and shortening of the caudal hindbrain of the rat embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-284

  White, Jeffrey C ^a   Highland, Margaret ^a   Kaiser, Mary ^a   Clagett Dame, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve; Hindbrain; Hoxb 1; Hoxb 5; Hoxd 4; Krox 20; Rat; Retinoic acid; Retinoid; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SENSORY GANGLION; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; ATRA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034655726     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9635     Document Type: Article

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