A vasa-like gene in zebrafish identifies putative primordial germ cells

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-105

  Olsen, Lisbeth Charlotte ^a   Aasland, Rein ^a   Fjose, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Primordial germ cells; RNA helicase; Vasa; Vasa like gene; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA HELICASES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030930112     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00099-3     Document Type: Article

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