Provitamin A conversion to retinal via the β,β-carotene-15, 15′-oxygenase (bcox) is essential for pattern formation and differentiation during zebrafish embryogenesis

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2173-2186

  Lampert, Johanna M ^a   Holzschuh, Jochen ^a   Hessel, Susanne ^a   Driever, Wolfgang ^a   Vogt, Klaus ^a   von Lintig, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

, carotene 15, 15 oxygenase; Carotenoid conversion; Craniofacial skeleton; Eyes; Neural crest; Pectoral fins; Retinoic acid; Vitamin A; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; OXYGENASE; RETINOIC ACID;

CATALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIMB DEFECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-CAROTENE 15,15'-MONOOXYGENASE; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOTERPENES; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OVUM; OXYGENASES; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; RETINA; RETINALDEHYDE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038412523     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00437     Document Type: Review

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