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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
A null mutation was generated in the mouse RXR alpha gene by targeted disruption. Growth deficiency occurred in heterozygote mice. Null mutants died in utero and displayed myocardial and ocular malformations. These malformations belong to the fetal vitamin A deficiency syndrome, supporting the idea that RXR alpha is involved in retinoid signaling in vivo. A phenotypic synergy was observed when the RXR alpha mutation was introduced into RAR alpha or RAR gamma mutant backgrounds: RXR alpha null mutants and RXR alpha +/-/RAR gamma-/- double mutants displayed similar ocular defects, which became more severe in RXR alpha-/-/RAR gamma+/- and RXR alpha-/-/RAR gamma-/- mutants. Furthermore, RXR alpha/RAR double mutants exhibited several malformations not seen in single mutants. This functional convergence strongly suggests that RXR alpha/RAR heterodimers mediate retinoid signaling in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
987-1003
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Eye, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Eye Abnormalities, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Genes, Lethal, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Heart Defects, Congenital, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Receptors, Retinoic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Retinoid X Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:7923367-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic analysis of RXR alpha developmental function: convergence of RXR and RAR signaling pathways in heart and eye morphogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes, Institut de Chimie Biologique, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't