Defining synphenotype groups in Xenopus tropicalis by use of antisense morpholino oligonucleotides

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1751-1772

  Rana, Amer Ahmed ^a,b   Collart, Clara ^a,b   Gilchrist, Michael J ^a,b   Smith, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; APOPTOSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY PATTERNING; DATABASES, GENETIC; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHENOTYPE; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33751359804     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020193     Document Type: Article

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