Long-distance retinoid signaling in the zebra finch brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Roeske, Tina C ^a   Scharff, Constance ^b   Olson, Christopher R ^c   Nshdejan, Arpik ^b   Mello, Claudio V ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; CYTOCHROME P450 26B1; CYTOCHROME P450 26C1; FISH PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZRALDH; RETINOID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 26; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FINCH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

AGE FACTORS; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FINCHES; MALE; RETINOIC ACID 4-HYDROXYLASE; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRETINOIN; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84911936104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111722     Document Type: Article

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