Spatial regulation of floating head expression in the developing notoehord

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-165

  Melby, Anna E ^a,b   Kimelman, David ^b   Kimmel, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis; Brachyury; No tail; Organizer; Xnot; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; NOTOCHORD; TAIL; TIME FACTORS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0030898847     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199706)209:2<156::AID-AJA2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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