Retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (RALDH2)-mediated retinoic acid synthesis regulates early mouse embryonic forebrain development by controlling FGF and sonic hedgehog signaling

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-361

  Ribes, Vanessa ^a   Wang, Zengxin ^b   Dollé, Pascal ^a   Niederreither, Karen ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldh1a2; Diencephalon; Eye development; FGF; Forebrain development; Mouse; Neural crest; Optic vesicle; Pituitary; Retinoids; Sonic hedgehog; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL ELONGATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; TELENCEPHALON;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CREST; PROSENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRETINOIN; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 31444451363     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02204     Document Type: Article

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