Molecular cloning and expression of two novel zebrafish semaphorins

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Halloran, Mary C ^a   Severance, Shawn M ^a   Yee, Charles S ^a   Gemza, Debra L ^a   Kuwada, John Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaxial; Axon guidance; Collapsin; Fin bud; Floor plate; Hindbrain; Midbrain; Pharyngeal arch; Semaphorin; Somite; Spinal cord; Tectum; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

SEMAPHORIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRANCHIAL REGION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEINS; SEMAPHORINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0032143494     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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