Zebrafish: A genetic approach in studying hematopoiesis

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-84

  Paw, Barry H ^a,b   Zon, Leonard I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; MUTATION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0033953265     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00062752-200003000-00002     Document Type: Article

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