Mutations affecting the development of the embryonic zebrafish brain

Development

Volumn 123, Issue , 1996, Pages 165-178

  Schier, Alexander F ^a,b   Neuhauss, Stephan C F ^a   Harvey, Michele ^a   Malicki, Jarema ^a   Solnica Krezel, Lilianna ^a   Stainier, Didier Y R ^a,d   Zwartkruis, Fried ^a,c   Abdelilah, Salim ^a   Stemple, Derek L ^a   Rangini, Zehava ^a,e   Yang, Hong ^a   Driever, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Axonogenesis; Brain; Cerebellum; Cyclopia; Neuroectoderm; Neurogenesis; Ventricle; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MARKER GENE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUTAGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOTOCHORD; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 12644299614     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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