Apoptosis in zebrafish development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 731-742

  Yamashita, Michiaki ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Caspase; Danio rerio; Death receptor; Sex differentiation; Stress response; Transgenic zebrafish; TUNEL staining

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 8; CASPASE ACTIVATED ENDONUCLEASE 1; CERAMIDE; ENDONUCLEASE; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; PROCASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRESS; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344234438     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.08.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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