Cooperation of sonic hedgehog enhancers in midline expression

Developmental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 578-589

  Ertzer, Raymond ^a,b   Müller, Ferenc ^a,b   Hadzhiev, Yavor ^b   Rathnam, Saradavey ^b   Fischer, Nadine ^a   Rastegar, Sepand ^a,b   Strähle, Uwe ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryonic shield; Enhancer; Floor plate; Hypothalamus; Notochord; Sonic hedgehog; Transgene; Zebrafish; Zona limitans intrathalamica

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SONIC HEDGEHOG GENE; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846087787     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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