All-trans-retinoic acid alters Smads expression in embryonic neural tissue of mice

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-366

  Zhang, Juntao ^a   Li, Rong ^a   He, Quanren ^b   Li, Wan I ^a   Niu, Bo ^a,c   Cheng, Niuliang ^a   Zhou, Ran ^d   Zhang, Ting ^c   Zheng, Xiaoying ^c   Xie, Jun ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shanxi Traditional Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

All trans retinoic acid; Neural tube defects; Smad1; Smad6

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; NEURAL TUBE; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; SMAD PROTEINS; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD6 PROTEIN; TRETINOIN;

MUS;

EID: 65649100897     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1404     Document Type: Article

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