Expression analysis of some genes regulated by retinoic acid in controls and triadimefon-exposed embryos: Is the amphibian Xenopus laevis a suitable model for gene-based comparative teratology?

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-194

  Di Renzo, Francesca ^a   Rossi, Federica ^b   Bacchetta, Renato ^a   Prati, Mariangela ^b   Giavini, Erminio ^a   Menegola, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative teratology; FON; Gene expression; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; TRIADIMEFON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MODEL; GSC GENE; MSX2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTCH 1 GENE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHH GENE; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; TERATOLOGY; TRETINOIN; TRIAZOLES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79959573647     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20294     Document Type: Article

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