Zebrafish semaphorin Z1b inhibits growing motor axons in vivo

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 103-117

  Roos, Marc ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^b   Bernhardt, Robert R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Collapsin; Embryo; Motor axon; Overexpression; Recognition molecules; Repulsion; Rhombomeres; Semaphorin; Somites

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN Z1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOMITES; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032855998     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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