Noradrenergic neurons in the zebrafish hindbrain are induced by retinoic acid and require tfap2a for expression of the neurotransmitter phenotype

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 5741-5754

  Holzschuh, Jochen ^a,c   Barrallo Gimeno, Alejandro ^b,d   Ettl, Anne Kathrin ^a   Knapik, Ella W ^b   Driever, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

AP 2; Catecholaminergic system; Hindbrain; Lockjaw; Mont blanc; Neuronal differentiation; Norepinephrine; Retinoic acid; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUTANT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SENSORY GANGLION; ZEBRA FISH;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENOTYPE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347291905     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00816     Document Type: Review

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