The role of endogenous retinoic acid in jaw development
The aim of this thesis is to study the effects of reducing retinoic acid (RA) levels in the embryonic face on jaw morphogenesis. One member of the Cytochrome P26 class of enzymes, CYP26A1, which degrades retinol products, was locally overexpressed in chicken embryos. I hypothesized that lowering RA...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37477 |