Efficient mutagenesis of zebrafish by a DNA cross-linking agent

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-84

  Ando, Hideki ^a   Mishina, Masayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deletion; Mutagenesis; Sensory neuron; Tectum; Trimethyipsoralen; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLPSORALEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; MUTAGENICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIOXSALEN; TUBULIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0032513120     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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