Characterization of three novel members of the zebrafish Pax2/5/8 family: Dependency of Pax5 and Pax8 expression on the Pax2.1 (noi) function

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3063-3074

  Pfeffer, Peter L ^a   Gerster, Thomas ^b   Lun, Klaus ^c   Brand, Michael ^c   Busslinger, Meinrad ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cns development; Ear; Eye; Isthmus; Kidney; noi mutation; Pax; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; HOMEOBOX; INTERNEURON; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031668375     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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