Mutations affecting neurogenesis and brain morphology in the zebrafish, Danio rerio

Development

Volumn 123, Issue , 1996, Pages 205-216

  Jiang, Yun Jin ^a   Brand, Michael ^a,b   Heisenberg, Carl Philipp ^a   Beuchle, Dirk ^a,c   Furutani Seiki, Makoto ^a   Kelsh, Robert N ^a,d   Warga, Rachel M ^a,d   Granato, Michael ^a   Haffter, Pascal ^a   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^a,e   Kane, Donald A ^a,d   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 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Brain ventricles; Hindbrain; Neurogenesis; Neurogenic genes; Primary neurons; Somitogenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GLIA CELL; MELANOPHORE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMITE; TRUNK; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HYPERPLASIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTAGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; SOMITES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 12644280833     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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