Mutations in zebrafish genes affecting the formation of the boundary between midbrain and hindbrain

Development

Volumn 123, Issue , 1996, Pages 179-190

  Brand, Michael ^a,b   Heisenberg, Carl Philipp ^a   Jiang, Yun Jin ^a   Beuchle, Dirk ^a,c   Lun, Klaus ^a   Furutani Seiki, Makoto ^a   Granato, Michael ^a   Haffter, Pascal ^a   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^a,d   Kane, Donald A ^a,e   Kelsh, Robert N ^a,e   Mullins, Mary C ^a,f   Odenthal, Jörg ^a   Van Eeden, Fredericus J M ^a   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acerebellar; Danio rerio; Hindbrain; Isthmus rhombencephali; Midbrain; Neural development; Neurogenesis; no isthmus; pax genes; Regionalization; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE DELETION; GENES; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MESENCEPHALON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 12644252914     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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