Pax7 identifies neural crest, chromatophore lineages and pigment stem cells during zebrafish development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-331

  Lacosta, Ana Ma ^a,b   Canudas, Jesús ^a   González, Cristina ^a   Muniesa, Pedro ^a   Sarasa, Manuel ^a   Domínguez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatophore precursor; Neural crest; Pax7; Pigment stem cell

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMATOPHORE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOPHORE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATOPHORES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURAL CREST; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEM CELLS; ZEBRAFISH;

AVES; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347231276     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062217al     Document Type: Article

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