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Hox and Pbx factors control retinoic acid synthesis during hindbrain segmentation.
Developmental cell - 19 Apr 2011
Vitobello Antonio, Ferretti Elisabetta, Lampe Xavier, Vilain Nathalie, Ducret Sebastien, Ori Michela, Spetz Jean-François, Selleri Licia, Rijli Filippo M
Abstract excerpt
In vertebrate embryos, retinoic acid (RA) synthesized in the mesoderm by Raldh2 emanates to the hindbrain neuroepithelium, where it induces anteroposterior (AP)-restricted Hox expression patterns and rhombomere segmentation. However, how appropriate spatiotemporal RA activity is generated in the hindbrain is poorly understood. By analyzing Pbx1/Pbx2 and Hoxa1/Pbx1 null mice, we found that Raldh2 is itself under...
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