The characterization of a zebrafish mid-hindbrain mutant, mid-hindbrain gone (mgo)

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 899-907

  Shima, Takaki ^a   Znosko, Wade ^b   Tsang, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid hind brain boundary; Mutant; Pax2a; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ENGRAILED3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MID HINDBRAIN BOUNDARY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESENCEPHALON; MUTATION; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHENOTYPE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMITES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63849273196     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21916     Document Type: Article

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