TY - JOUR TI - The role of RXR-alpha in retinoic acid-induced cleft palate as assessed with the RXR-alpha knockout mouse. AU - Nugent, P AU - Sucov, H M AU - Pisano, M M AU - Greene, R M T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - Treatment of pregnant mice with retinoic acid (RA) in mid-gestation produces cleft palate and limb defects in the fetuses. RXR-alpha has been previously shown to mediate the teratogenic effects of RA in the limb. In this study, we show that RXR-alpha is also involved in retinoid-induced palatal clefting. Treatment of RXR-alpha knockout mice with a teratogenic dose of RA on gestation day 11 or 12 induces cleft palate at a lower frequency than that seen in wild-type animals. PY - 1999 VL - 43 IS - 6 SP - 567 EP - 570 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/10610030 Y2 - 2024/11/25/15:08:06 ER -