Enhancer detection in zebrafish permits the identification of neuronal subtypes that express Hox4 paralogs

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2195-2208

  Punnamoottil, Beena ^a   Kikuta, Hiroshi ^b,e   Pezeron, Guillaume ^c,d   Erceg, Jelena ^b   Becker, Thomas S ^b   Rinkwitz, Silke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhancer trap; Hindbrain; Hox; Neuron; Precerebellar system; Rhombomere; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOX GENE; HOXA4A GENE; HOXB4A GENE; HOXD4A GENE; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSGENE; VAGUS NERVE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BRANCHIAL REGION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURONS; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSGENES; VAGUS NERVE; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 49449118535     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21618     Document Type: Article

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