Ectopic expression of hoxb2 after retinoic acid treatment or mRNA injection: Disruption of hindbrain and craniofacial morphogenesis in zebrafish embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-385

  Yan, Yi Lin ^a   Jowett, Trevor ^b   Postlethwait, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Jaw; Krox20; Rhombomere

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOX B2 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERATOGENS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0031730457     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199812)213:4<370::AID-AJA3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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