Chitin oligosaccharides as candidate patterning agents in zebrafish embryogenesis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-193

  Semino, Carlos E ^a,c   Allende, Miguel L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin oligosaccharide synthesis; N acetyl chitooligosaccharides (NA COs); ZDG42 gene; Zebrafish chitinase inhibition; Zebrafish embryo patterning

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HYALURONIC ACID; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; TIME FACTORS; TRISACCHARIDES; ZEBRAFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034030432     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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