Zebrafish as an experimental model: Strategies for developmental and molecular neurobiology studies

Methods in Cell Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Key, Brian ^a   Devine, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Brain; Embryo; Morpholino; Transgenic; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOASSAY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; VERTEBRATE; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROBIOLOGY; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345827851     PISSN: 13815741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MICS.0000006849.98007.03     Document Type: Review

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