A zebrafish vasa morphant abolishes vasa protein but does not affect the establishment of the germline

Genesis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-185

  Braat, Arie K ^a,b   van de Water, Sandra ^a   Korving, Jeroen ^a   Zivkovic, Danica ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Germline; Morpholino; Vasa; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN VASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0034903046     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.1060     Document Type: Article

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