Chemical genetic screening in the zebrafish embryo

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1422-1432

  Kaufman, Charles K ^a   White, Richard M ^a   Zon, Leonard ^a,b,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349126280     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.144     Document Type: Article

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