Retinoic acid synthesis in the prevertebrate amphioxus involves retinol oxidation

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 388-393

  Dalfó, Diana ^a   Albalat, Richard ^a   Molotkov, Andrei ^b   Duester, Gregg ^b   Gonzàlez Duarte, Roser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Cephalochordate; Retinoic acid; Retinol oxidation; SEM

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GILL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; VERTEBRATE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LARVA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036950726     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0254-z     Document Type: Article

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