Name

Citral

Targeted Gene

(ALDH1A2; ALDH1A3; ALDH2)

Targeted Gene Group

(ALDH1A2; ALDH1A3; ALDH2)

Family

Sequence-based

Type

inhibitor

Supplier

n/a

Comment

Chemical inhibitor of retinoic acid synthesis. Chemical name : 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal

Regulation

Loss of function

Publication

Yoshida et al. (2017). Hox-mediated endodermal identity patterns pharyngeal muscle formation in the chordate pharynx. Development 144(9):1629-1634

Kanda et al. (2009). Epidermal expression of Hox1 is directly activated by retinoic acid in the Ciona intestinalis embryo. Dev. Biol. 335(2):454-63