Expression of axial and sonic hedgehog in wildtype and midline defective zebrafish embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 929-940

  Strähle, Uwe ^a,b   Blader, Patrick ^a,b   Ingham, Philip W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

axial; cyclops; floating head; floor plate; HNF3 forkhead; no tail; notochord; sonic hedgehog; zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYCLOPIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONIC HEDGEHOG GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENDODERM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CYCLOPIA; CYCLOPS; DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0029969711     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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