Patterning the zebrafish diencephalon by the conserved zinc-finger protein Fezl

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Jeong, Jae Yeon ^a   Einhorn, Zev ^a   Mathur, Priya ^a   Chen, Lishan ^a   Lee, Susie ^a   Kawakami, Koichi ^b   Guo, Su ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain patterning; Diencephalon; Fezl; Forebrain; Pretectum; Prethalamus; Progenitor cells; Thalamus; Too few; Zebrafish; Zinc finger; ZLI

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FEZL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; THALAMUS; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846490910     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02705     Document Type: Article

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