Visualization of cranial motor neurons in live transgenic zebrafish expressing green fluorescent protein under the control of the Islet-1 promoter/enhancer

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 206-218

  Higashijima, Shin Ichi ^a,b,e   Hotta, Yoshiki ^c   Okamoto, Hitoshi ^d  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GFP; Islet 1; Live visualization; Motor neuron; Neuron specific promoter; Transgenic; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0034001073     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-01-00206.2000     Document Type: Article

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