Characterization of zebrafish primordial germ cells: Morphology and early distribution of vasa RNA

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-167

  Braat, Arie Koen ^a   Zandbergen, Thijs ^b   Van De Water, Sandra ^a   Goos, Henk J T H ^b   Zivkovic, Danica ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Annulate lamellae; Nuage; Ovary; PGC; Primordial germ cell; Vasa; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITELLOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOPLASM; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; OVARY; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0032862503     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199910)216:2<153::AID-DVDY6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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