Probing pineal-specific gene expression with transgenic zebrafish

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1011-1015

  Kojima, Daisuke ^a,b   Dowling, John E ^a   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS; PINEAL GLAND; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 52149103340     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00363.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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