Differential regulation of the zebrafish orthopedia1 gene during fate determination of diencephalic neurons

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Del Giacco, Luca ^a   Sordino, Paolo ^b   Pistocchi, Anna ^a   Andreakis, Nikos ^b   Tarallo, Raffaella ^b   Di Benedetto, Barbara ^a,c   Cotelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL RELATED 2; PROTEIN ORTHOPEDIA 1; PROTEIN ORTHOPEDIA 2; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; ORTHOPEDIA PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEUROBLAST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULVINAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIENCEPHALON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 33750811712     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-6-50     Document Type: Article

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