Genetic steps to organ laterality in zebrafish

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 60-68

  Chen, Jau Nian ^a,b   Van Bebber, Frauke ^c   Goldstein, Allan M ^a,b   Serluca, Fabrizio C ^a,b   Jackson, Donald ^a,b   Childs, Sarah ^a,b   Serbedzija, George ^a,b   Warren, Kerri S ^a,b   Mably, John D ^a,b   Lindahl, Per ^a,b   Mayer, Alan ^a,b   Haffter, Pascal ^c   Fishman, Mark C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fork head gene; Heterotaxy; Situs inversus; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOPATHY; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HEART; INTESTINE; LIVER; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PANCREAS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RECESSIVE GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISCERA; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 14344276540     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cfg.74     Document Type: Article

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