Gastrulation in zebrafish: What mutants teach us

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-245

  Kodjabachian, Laurent ^a   Dawid, Igor B ^a   Toyama, Reiko ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033568042     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9392     Document Type: Review

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