Molecular identification of spadetail: Regulation of zebrafish trunk and tail mesoderm formation by T-box genes

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3379-3388

  Griffin, Kevin J P ^a   Amacher, Sharon L ^b   Kimmel, Charles B ^b   Kimelman, David ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyury; FGF; No tail; Posterior development; Spadetail; T box; Tbx6; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENETIC MODEL; MESODERM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0031692014     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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