Complex regulation of cyp26a1 creates a robust retinoic acid gradient in the zebrafish embryo

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2522-2533

  White, Richard J ^a   Nie, Qing ^a   Lander, Arthur D ^a   Schilling, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID 4 HYDROXYLASE; RETINOIC ACID 4-HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRETINOIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 37249079634     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050304     Document Type: Article

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