Hmx4 regulates Sonic hedgehog signaling through control of retinoic acid synthesis during forebrain patterning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-64

  Gongal, Patricia A ^a,c   March, Lindsey D ^a   Holly, Vanessa L ^a   Pillay, Laura M ^a   Berry Wynne, Karyn M ^a   Kagechika, Hiroyuki ^b   Waskiewicz, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Hmx; Nkx5; Retinoic acid; Sonic hedgehog; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN HMX4; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDH1A2 GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN PATTERNING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 79957587784     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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