Alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases: Retinoid metabolic effects in mouse knockout models

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1821, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 198-205

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Sandell, Lisa L ^b   Trainor, Paul A ^b,c   Koentgen, Frank ^d   Duester, Gregg ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ozgene Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Retinaldehyde; Retinaldehyde dehydrogenase; Retinoic acid; Retinol; Retinol dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; RETINAL; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; VITAMIN RECEPTOR;

BODY WEIGHT; CATALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGAND BINDING; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WILD TYPE;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRETINOIN;

EID: 83255187861     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: 18792618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.04.004     Document Type: Review

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