Zebrafish neurolin-a and -b, orthologs of ALCAM, are involved in retinal ganglion cell differentiation and retinal axon pathfinding

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-50

  Diekmann, Heike ^a,b   Stuermer, Claudia A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b SUMMIT PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Morpholino knockdown; Zebrafish retinotectal system

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEUROLIN LIKE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCAM PROTEIN, HUMAN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; FETOPROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC TECTUM; OPTIC TRACT; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EYE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACTIVATED-LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EYE; FETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 59649091323     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21928     Document Type: Article

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