Molecular importance of new roles of retinoids in biological systems: A review

• Main Author: Heralde, Francisco M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Subjects: Retinoids; Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7381
• Institution: De La Salle University

Retinoids, a group of compounds which include Vitamin A, has recently been shown to play new roles in gene regulation specifically controlling expression of homeotic genes. The implication of this role to developmental process particularly axial patterning, teratogenesis and cancer treatment is disc...