Ewing sarcoma protein Ewsr1 maintains mitotic integrity and proneural cell survival in the zebrafish embryo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Azuma, Mizuki ^a   Embree, Lisa J ^a   Sabaawy, Hatem ^a   Hickstein, Dennis D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P53; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS A; RNA BINDING PROTEIN EWS B; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EWSR1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MITOSIS RATE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN EWS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 41549137834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000979     Document Type: Article

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