Increased XRALDH2 activity has a posteriorizing effect on the central nervous system of Xenopus embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 91-103

  Chen, Yonglong ^a   Pollet, Nicolas ^b   Niehrs, Christof ^b   Pieler, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system patterning; Retinoic acid; Rhombomeres, Retinal; XCYP26; Xenopus laevis; XRALDH2

Indexed keywords

RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROCEPHALY; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; GASTRULA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035117914     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00558-X     Document Type: Article

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