Identification of tissues and patterning events required for distinct steps in early migration of zebrafish primordial germ cells

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 5295-5307

  Weidinger, Gilbert ^a   Wolke, Uta ^a   Köprunner, Marion ^a   Klinger, Michael ^a,b   Raz, Erez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Primordial germ cell; vasa; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GAMETE; GASTRULATION; GONAD; MESODERM; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MUTATION; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RNA HELICASES; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033385824     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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