Wnt signaling mediates diverse developmental processes in zebrafish

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2008, Pages 225-251

  Verkade, Heather ^a   Heath, Joan K ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

catenin; Anti sense morpholino oligonucleotides; Canonical Wnt signaling; Mutant; Planar cell polarity; Tilling; Vertebrates; Wnt PCP; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 59249093554     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-469-2_17     Document Type: Review

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