Evidence map›Paper›PMID 9857192›Full record

ArticleThe EMBO journal1998

Regionalized metabolic activity establishes boundaries of retinoic acid signalling.

T Hollemann, Y Chen, H Grunz, T Pieler

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Article in The EMBO journal, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 171 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Developmental expression of Xenopus short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase 3.The International journal of developmental biology · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T HollemannGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Y Chen
H Grunz
T Pieler
University of Göttingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The competence of a cell to respond to the signalling molecule retinoic acid (RA) is thought to depend largely on its repertoire of cognate zinc finger nuclear receptors. XCYP26 is an RA hydroxylase that is expressed differentially during early Xenopus development. In Xenopus embryos, XCYP26 can rescue developmental defects induced by application of exogenous RA, suggesting that the enzymatic modifications introduced inhibit RA signalling activities in vivo. Alterations in the expression pattern of a number of different molecular markers for neural development induced upon ectopic expression of XCYP26 reflect a primary function of RA signalling in hindbrain development. Progressive inactivation of RA signalling results in a stepwise anteriorization of the molecular identity of individual rhombomeres. The expression pattern of XCYP26 during gastrulation appears to define areas within the prospective neural plate that develop in response to different concentrations of RA. Taken together, these observations appear to reflect an important regulatory function of XCYP26 for RA signalling; XCYP26-mediated modification of RA modulates its signalling activity and helps to establish boundaries of differentially responsive and non-responsive territories.

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Homeodomain ProteinsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntigens, DifferentiationBody PatterningCell DifferentiationCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDNA-Binding ProteinsEarly Growth Response Protein 2Eye ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMolecular Sequence DataPaired Box Transcription FactorsPAX6 Transcription FactorRecombinant ProteinsRepressor ProteinsAntigens, DifferentiationCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDNA-Binding ProteinsEarly Growth Response Protein 2Eye ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsPaired Box Transcription FactorsPAX6 Transcription FactorRecombinant ProteinsRepressor ProteinsRetinoic Acid 4-HydroxylaseTranscription FactorsTretinoin

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PMID9857192
PMCPMC1171081
OpenAlexW2017087879

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