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SUBMITTER: Thompson DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC150746 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thompson Deborah L DL Gerlach-Bank Lisa M LM Barald Kate F KF Koenig Ronald J RJ
Molecular and cellular biology 20030401 7
Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) and retinoic acid are important for normal development of the inner ear, but whether they are linked mechanistically is not known. BMP4 antagonists disrupt semicircular canal formation, as does exposure to retinoic acid. We demonstrate that retinoic acid directly down-regulates BMP4 transcription in a mouse inner ear-derived cell line, and we identify a novel promoter in the second intron of the BMP4 gene that is a target of this regulation both in the cell li ...[more]