Egr1 gen knockdown affects embryonic ocular development in zebrafish

Molecular Vision

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 1250-1258

  Hu, Chao Yu ^a   Yang, Chang Hao ^b   Chen, Wei Yan ^c   Huang, Chiu Ju ^d   Huang, Hsing Yen ^d   Chen, Muh Shy ^b   Tsai, Huai Jen ^d  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CHORDIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL STAGE; LENS FIBER; MICROPHTHALMIA; MORTALITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SKULL MALFORMATION; TAIL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DRUG EFFECT; EYE; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LENS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINA; STAINING;

ANIMALS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33750416439     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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