Molecular Heterogeneity among Primary Motoneurons and within Myotomes Revealed by the Differential mRNA Expression of Novel Islet-1 Homologs in Embryonic Zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 578-589

  Tokumoto, Mika ^a   Gong, Zhiyuan ^b   Tsubokawa, Tatsuya ^d   Hew, Choy L ^c   Uyemura, Keiichi ^d   Hotta, Yoshiki ^a,e   Okamoto, Hitoshi ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0028800074     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1995.1306     Document Type: Article

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