Transient expression of a novel Six3-related zebrafish gene during gastrulation and eye formation

Gene

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-46

  Seo, Hee Chan ^a   Drivenes, Øyvind ^a   Ellingsen, Ståle ^a   Fjose, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Homeodomain; In situ hybridization; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032541482     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00328-X     Document Type: Article

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