Expression of c-ret in the Zebrafish embryo: Potential roles in motoneuronal development

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 749-768

  Bisgrove, Brent W ^a   Raible, David W ^b,c   Walter, Virginia ^a   Eisen, Judith S ^b   Grunwald, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

C ret; Embryogenesis; Motoneurons; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; BRANCHIAL REGION; DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0030696345     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19971120)33:6<749::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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