Regulatory gene expression patterns reveal transverse and longitudinal subdivisions of the embryonic zebrafish forebrain

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 105-118

  Hauptmann, Giselbert ^a   Gerster, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alar plate; Alar basal boundary; Basal plate; Diencephalon; Floor plate; Forebrain; Longitudinal brain axis; Neuromere; Prosomere; Roof plate; Two color whole mount in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXIS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033993891     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00277-4     Document Type: Article

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