Visualization of rod photoreceptor development using GFP-transgenic zebrafish

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-220

  Hamaoka, Takanori ^a,b   Takechi, Masaki ^a   Chinen, Akito ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuko ^b   Kawamura, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GFP; Opsin; Retina; Rod; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OPSIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VISUAL SYSTEM; ZEBRA FISH; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; STAINING;

DANIO RERIO;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPSIN; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); STAINING AND LABELING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0036847770     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10155     Document Type: Article

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