Ectopic expression of Hoxa-1 in the zebrafish alters the fate of the mandibular arch neural crest and phenocopies a retinoic acid-induced phenotype

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 735-746

  Alexandre, Daniel ^a,e   Clarke, Jonathan D W ^b   Oxtoby, Elli ^c   Yan, Yi Lin ^d   Jowett, Trevor ^c   Holder, Nigel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Homeosis; Hoxa 1; Neural crest; Pharyngeal arches; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; MANDIBLE; MAUTHNER CELL; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MANDIBLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL CREST; PHENOTYPE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRETINOIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0029967406     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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