Expression of the zinc finger Egr1 gene during zebrafish embryonic development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 269-272

  Close, Renaud ^a   Toro, Sabrina ^a   Martial, Joseph A ^a   Muller, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaxial cell; Diencephalon; Egr1 Krox24; Expression pattern; Heart; Hypothalamus; Mesencephalon; NGFI A; Otic vesicle; Pharynx; Presomitic mesoderm; Retina; Tegmentum; Telencephalon; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIENCEPHALON; EAR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HEART; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; SOMITE; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0036803217     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00283-6     Document Type: Article

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