Pattern formation: swimming in retinoic acid.
The metabolite retinoic acid has been implicated as a key player during anterior-posterior patterning in vertebrate embryos. Recent studies in zebrafish extend this model by demonstrating the influence of retinoic acid on endoderm regionalization.
Yelon
Deborah
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Developmental Genetics Program and Department of Cell Biology, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. yelon@saturn.med.nyu.edu
Stainier
Didier Y R
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D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000502:physiology; D004707:Endoderm / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion; D013550:Swimming; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000502:physiology*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology*
D014212:Tretinoin