Novel Eph-family receptor tyrosine kinase is widely expressed in the developing zebrafish nervous system

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-181

  Bovenkamp, Diane E ^a   Greer, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Eph; Nervous system; Patterning; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030910742     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199706)209:2<166::AID-AJA3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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