Zebrafish nodal-related genes are implicated in axial patterning and establishing left-right asymmetry

Developmental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-272

  Rebagliati, Michael R ^a   Toyama, Reiko ^a   Fricke, Cornelia ^b   Haffter, Pascal ^b   Dawid, Igor B ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Forebrain; Left right asymmetry; Mesoderm; Nodal related; Organizer; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO POLARITY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032528389     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8935     Document Type: Article

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