Retinoic acid signalling during development

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 843-858

  Rhinn, Muriel ^a   Dollé, Pascal ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

CYP26; Forebrain; Hindbrain; Retinaldehyde dehydrogenase (RALDH); Retinoic acid; Retinoids; Retinol dehydrogenase (RDH)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CAROTENOID; CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR2C1; PREALBUMIN; RETINAL; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ISOENZYMES; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84856745520     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.065938     Document Type: Article

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