Zebrafish mutations in Gli-mediated hedgehog signaling lead to lens transdifferentiation from the adenohypophysis anlage

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-174

  Kondoh, Hisato ^a,e   Uchikawa, Masanori ^a,d   Yoda, Hiroki ^b,d   Takeda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Furutani Seiki, Makoto ^c,e   Karlstrom, Rolf O ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Crystallins; Gli2; Iguana; Lens; Midline mutants; Rathke's pouch; Talpid3; Transdifferentiation; You too; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GLI2; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LENS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CRYSTALLINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MUTATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0034705994     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00387-7     Document Type: Article

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