A class of neuroD-related basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors expressed in developing central nervous system in zebrafish

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-344

  Liao, Ji ^a,b   He, Jiangyan ^a   Yan, Tie ^a   Korzh, Vladimir ^a   Gong, Zhiyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032921813     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454999315394     Document Type: Article

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