Zebrafish gbx1 refines the Midbrain-Hindbrain Boundary border and mediates the Wnt8 posteriorization signal

Neural Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rhinn, Muriel ^a,b   Lun, Klaus ^a,c   Ahrendt, Reiner ^a   Geffarth, Michaela ^a   Brand, Michael ^a  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c Leica Microsystems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GBX1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OTX2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; WNT PROTEIN; WNT8A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN STEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 65449171950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-4-12     Document Type: Article

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