A zebrafish nanos-related gene is essential for the development of primordial germ cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 2877-2885

  Köprunner, Marion ^a   Thisse, Christine ^b   Thisse, Bernard ^b   Raz, Erez ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Germ line; Germ plasm; Maternal RNA; Nanos; PGC; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN NANOS1; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE ISOLATION; NANOS1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PLASMIDS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0035500022     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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