Inner ear and lateral line expression of a zebrafish Nkx5-1 gene and its downregulation in the ears of FGF8 mutant, ace

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 161-165

  Adamska, Maja ^a   Léger, Sophie ^b   Brand, Michael ^b   Hadrys, Thorsten ^c   Braun, Thomas ^c   Bober, Eva ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

FGF8; Homeobox; Inner ear; Lateral line; Nkx genes; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOBOX; INNER EAR; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMAN; LABYRINTH; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0342844269     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00414-7     Document Type: Article

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