anteriorize

present singular third person anteriorizes · participle present anteriorizing · participle past anteriorized · past anteriorized

1. To inhibit posteriorization

   In support of the latter idea, the work in Xenopus found that Rdh10 mRNA did not produce overt phenotypes alone, but could anteriorize embryos when co-injected with Aldh1a2 mRNA, indicating these two enzymes together are necessary to enhance the production of RA [29 ].

   2015 September 23, “Rdh10a Provides a Conserved Critical Step in the Synthesis of Retinoic Acid during Zebrafish Embryogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI