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Retinoic acid and Cyp26b1 are critical regulators of osteogenesis in the axial skeleton.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 2008
Spoorendonk Kirsten M, Peterson-Maduro Josi, Renn Jörg, Trowe Torsten, Kranenbarg Sander, Winkler Christoph, Schulte-Merker Stefan
Abstract excerpt
Retinoic acid (RA) plays important roles in diverse biological processes ranging from germ cell specification to limb patterning. RA ultimately exerts its effect in the nucleus, but how RA levels are being generated and maintained locally is less clear. Here, we have analyzed the zebrafish stocksteif mutant, which exhibits severe over-ossification of the entire vertebral column. stocksteif encodes cyp26b1, a...
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