The zebrafish bozozok locus encodes Dharma, a homeodomain protein essential for induction of gastrula organizer and dorsoanterior embryonic structures

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1427-1438

  Fekany, Kimberly ^a   Yamanaka, Yojiro ^b   Leung, TinChung ^c   Sirotkin, Howard I ^d   Topczewski, Jacek ^a   Gates, Michael A ^d   Hibi, Masahiko ^b   Renucci, Armand ^e   Stemple, Derek ^f   Radbill, Andy ^a   Schier, Alexander F ^d   Driever, Wolfgang ^c   Hirano, Toshio ^b   Talbot, William S ^d   Solnica Krezel, Lilianna ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A P patterning; Axis; bozozok; Dorsal forerunner cells; Nieuwkoop center; Notochord; Prechordal mesendoderm; Spemann organizer

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPISTASIS; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; NOTOCHORD; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032965259     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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