Cyclops-independent floor plate differentiation in zebrafish embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Albert, Stéphanie ^a,d   Müller, Ferenc ^a,c   Fischer, Nadine ^a   Biellmann, Dominique ^a   Neumann, Carl ^b,e   Blader, Patrick ^a,f   Strähle, Uwe ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^f Centre de Biologie du Developpement Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclops; Floor plate; Netrin 1; Nodal; Sonic hedgehog; Transgenic; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEDGEHOG; MFP GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUTATION; NEURAL CREST; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CYCLOPS; DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037222440     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10211     Document Type: Article

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