Cloning and embryonic expression of six wnt genes in the medaka (Oryzias latipes) with special reference to expression of wnt5a in the pectoral fin buds

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-61

  Yokoi, Hayato ^a,b   Nishimatsu, Akiko ^a   Ozato, Kenjiro ^a   Yoda, Kinya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fin; Limb; Medaka; Wnt

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LIMB BUD; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZIAS; PHYLOGENY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037306181     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2003.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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