Zebrafish as a model organism for blood diseases

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 568-576

  Berman, Jason ^b,c   Hsu, Karl ^b,d   Look, A Thomas ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Haematopoiesis; Mutagenesis screen; Transgenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HEMATOPOIESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0345392610     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04682.x     Document Type: Review

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