Molecular cloning of Zcoe2, the zebrafish homolog of Xenopus Xcoe2 and mouse EBF-2, and its expression during primary neurogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-90

  Bally Cuif, Laure ^a,b,c   Dubois, Laurence ^b   Vincent, Alain ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

COE factors; Collier; Danio rerio; EBF; Neurogenin; Primary neurogenesis; Xcoe2; Zcoe2

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032171101     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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