Expression of a linker histone-like gene in the primordial germ cells in zebrafish

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 253-257

  Müller, Katja ^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

H1M; Linker histone; Primordial germ cell; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE H1; LINK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0036768408     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00174-0     Document Type: Article

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