Changes of γ-tubulin expression and distribution in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) ovary, oocyte and embryo

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-247

  Liu, Jianxiong ^a   Lessman, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Tubulin; In situ hybridization; Microarray; Oocyte; Ovary; Tubulin gene family

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANIO RERIO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL STAGE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 39549103236     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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