Zebrafish zic2a patterns the forebrain through modulation of Hedgehog-activated gene expression

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3791-3800

  Sanek, Nicholas A ^a,b   Taylor, Aaron A ^a   Nyholm, Molly K ^a   Griblat, Yevgenya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedgehog signaling; Optic stalk; Pax2; Prethalamus; Retina; Six3; Zebrafish; Zic2

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ZIC2A; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANNSCRIPTION FACTOR HH; TRANNSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FGF8A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FIBER OPTICS; FOREBRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC STALK; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROSENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 70450187584     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.037820     Document Type: Article

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