Treatment with Myf5-morpholino results in somite patterning and brain formation defects in zebrafish

Differentiation

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 447-456

  Chen, Yau Hung ^a   Tsai, Huai Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain; Embryogenesis; Fish; Morphant; Morpholino; myf 5; Somite

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOGENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PAX2A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; YOLK SAC; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; GENETIC MARKERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SOMITES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0036780573     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2002.700807.x     Document Type: Article

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