Cloning of zebrafish vsx1: Expression of a paired-like homeobox gene during CNS development

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-141

  Passini, Marco A ^a   Kurtzman, Aaron L ^a   Canger, Anthony K ^a   Asch, William S ^a   Wray, Gregory A ^a   Raymond, Pamela A ^b   Schechter, Nisson ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chx10; CVC domain; Goldfish; Neurogenesis; Retina; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GOLDFISH; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPTIC NERVE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0031715039     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)23:2<128::AID-DVG5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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