Early steps of paired fin development in zebrafish compared with tetrapod limb development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-437

  Mercader, Nadia ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparison; Limb development; Tetrapod limb; Zebrafish pectoral fin

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 1 FAMILY MEMBER A2; FIBIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 16; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 24; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR SP9; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HISTONE DEACTYLASE 1; PROTEIN; RALDH2 PROTEIN; SALL4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT2B PROTEIN;

CHICKEN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SOMITE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547443415     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2007.00942.x     Document Type: Review

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