Expression of the winged helix/forkhead gene, foxn4, during zebrafish development

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-119

  Danilova, Nadia ^a   Visel, Axel ^a   Willett, Catherine E ^a   Steiner, Lisa A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Expression pattern; Thymus; Winged helix forkhead; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FOXN4; MOTONEURON; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; THYMUS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETINA; SKIN; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 4644313051     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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