A zebrafish homologue of the chemokine receptor Cxcr4 is a germ-cell guidance receptor

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6920, 2003, Pages 279-282

  Knaut, Holger ^a   Werz, Christian ^a   Geisler, Robert ^a   Busch Nentwich, E ^a   Dahm, R ^a   Frohnhofer H G ^a   Geiger, H ^a   Gilmour, D ^a   Holley, S ^a   Hooge, J ^a   Julich D ^a   Maderspacher, F ^a   Maischein, H M ^a   Neumann, C ^a   Nicolson, T ^a   Roehl, H ^a   Schonberger U ^a   Seiler, C ^a   Sollner C ^a   Sonawane, M ^a   Van Bebber, F ^a   Wehner, A ^a   Weiler, C ^a   Erker, P ^b   Habeck, H ^b   Hagner, U ^b   Kapst, C E Hennen ^b   Kirchner, A ^b   Koblizek, T ^b   Langheinrich, U ^b   Loeschke, C ^b   Metzger, C ^b   Nordin, R ^b   Odenthal, J ^b   Pezzuti, M ^b   Schlombs, K ^b   DeSantana Stamm, J ^b   Trowe, T ^b   Vacun, G ^b   Walderich, B ^b   Walker, A ^b   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^a   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

GERM CELLS;

CELLS;

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

GERM CELL;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MUTANT; CHEMOTAXIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHEMOTAXIS; GERM CELLS; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037448598     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01338     Document Type: Article

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