Zebrafish aussicht mutant embryos exhibit widespread overexpression of ace (fgf8) and coincident defects in CNS development

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2129-2140

  Heisenberg, Carl Philipp ^a   Brennan, Caroline ^a   Wilson, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acerebellar; Danio rerio; Fgf8; Forebrain; Neurogenesis; Noisthmus; Optic stalk; Pax genes; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEINS; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0033048579     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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