Insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish identifies two novel genes, pescadillo and dead eye, essential for embryonic development

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3141-3155

  Allende, Miguel L ^a   Amsterdam, Adam ^a   Becker, Thomas ^a   Kawakami, Koichi ^a   Gaiano, Nicholas ^a   Hopkins, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

branchial arches; Danio rerio; mutant; organogenesis; teleost

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030467028     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.24.3141     Document Type: Article

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