Transgenic zebrafish expressing fluorescent proteins in central nervous system neurons

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 407-413

  Higashijima, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BAC; GFP; Neural circuits; Transgenic; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALX; PROTEIN ISLET 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETIC LINE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50049121396     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2008.01023.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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