Combinatorial expression of zebrafish Brn-1- and Brn-2-related POU genes in the embryonic brain, pronephric primordium, and pharyngeal arches

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 345-358

  Hauptmann, Giselbert ^a,b   Gerster, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brn 1; Brn 2; Class III POU genes; Forebrain; Hindbrain; Midbrain; Pharyngeal arches; Pronephric primordium; Prosomere; Redundant gene function; Segmentation; Zp 12; Zp 23; Zp 47; Zp 50

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CELL FATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYOID BONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MANDIBLE; NEPHRON; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRANCHIAL REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KIDNEY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0034040638     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(200006)218:2<345::AID-DVDY8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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