Localization of Apaf1 gene expression in the early development of the mouse by means of in situ reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 215-221

  Müller, Matthias ^a   Berger, Joachim ^b   Gersdorff, Nikolaus ^a   Cecconi, Francesco ^c   Herken, Rainer ^a   Quondamatteo, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apaf1; Apoptosis; Early development; In situ RT PCR

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROCASPASE 3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APAF1 GENE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CARTILAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HEART; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MALFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL GANGLION; VERTEBRA BODY; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HEART; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; YOLK SAC;

EID: 23944433348     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20534     Document Type: Article

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