Retinoic acid and development of the retina

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-351

  Dräger, Ursula C ^a   McCaffery, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHROMATOPHORE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0342276123     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(96)00029-8     Document Type: Review

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