Expression of Otx homeodomain proteins induces cell aggregation in developing zebrafish embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 339-353

  Bellipanni, Gianfranco ^a   Murakami, Tohru ^a   Doerre, O Geoffrey ^a   Andermann, Peter ^a   Weinberg, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Forebrain; Homeodomain; Midbrain; Morphoregulator; Otx1; Otx2; R cadherin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034661983     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9771     Document Type: Article

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