Molecular cloning and developmental expression of zinc finger transcription factor MTF-1 gene in zebrafish, Danio rerio

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 798-805

  Chen, Wen Ya ^a,b   John, Joseph Abraham Christopher ^a   Lin, Chen Hui ^b   Chang, Chi Yao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain; Embryonic development; Expression; Eye; Hatching gland; MTF 1; RT PCR; Whole mount in situ hybridization; Zebrafish; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MTF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HATCHING; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSACTIVATION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO; TAKIFUGU;

EID: 0036297641     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6517     Document Type: Article

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