Analysis of axon tract formation in the zebrafish brain: The role of territories of gene expression and their boundaries

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-196

  Wilson, Stephen W ^a   Brennan, Caroline ^a   Macdonald, Rachel ^a   Brand, Michael ^b   Holder, Nigel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon tract formation; Eph signalling; Gene expression territories; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0030831105     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050922     Document Type: Article

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