Zebrafish vasa homologue RNA is localized to the cleavage planes of 2- and 4-cell-stage embryos and is expressed in the primordial germ cells

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3157-3165

  Yoon, Christina ^a   Kawakami, Koichi ^a   Hopkins, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Germ line; Localized RNA; Primordial germ cell; Vasa homologue; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; RNA HELICASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GERM CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA HELICASES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOMITES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030928578     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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