tbx6, a Brachyury-related gene expressed by ventral mesendodermal precursors in the zebrafish embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-73

  Hug, Barbara ^a   Walter, Virginia ^a   Grunwald, David Jonah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T BOX GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031106250     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8490     Document Type: Article

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