Relationships among msx gene structure and function in zebrafish and other vertebrates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1008-1022

  Ekker, Marc ^a,b,f   Akimenko, Marie Andrée ^a,b   Allende, Miguel L ^c,e   Smith, Robin ^c   Drouin, Guy ^b   Langille, Robert M ^b   Weinberg, Eric S ^c   Westerfield, Monte ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ear; Eye; Homeobox; Lateral line organ; Visceral arches; Zebra fish

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; DNA SEQUENCE; EAR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030883003     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025707     Document Type: Article

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