Inactivation of zebrafish mrf4 leads to myofibril misalignment and motor axon growth disorganization

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1043-1050

  Wang, Yun Hsin ^a   Li, Chun Kai ^a   Lee, Gang Hui ^a   Tsay, Huey Jen ^b   Tsai, Huai Jen ^c   Chen, Yau Hung ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; mrf4; Muscle regulatory factor; myf5; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; MRF4 GENE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; MOTOR NEURONS; MYOFIBRILS; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 42149173236     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21478     Document Type: Article

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