Transgenic zebrafish with fluorescent germ cell: A useful tool to visualize germ cell proliferation and juvenile hermaphroditism in vivo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-323

  Hsiao, Chung Der ^a,b   Tsai, Huai Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Germ cell; Juvenile hermaphroditism; Sex differentiation; Transgenic zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; JUVENILE; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0141726870     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00402-0     Document Type: Article

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