Making a difference together: Reciprocal interactions in C. elegans and zebrafish asymmetric neural development

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 681-691

  Taylor, Robert W ^a   Hsieh, Yi Wen ^b   Gamse, Joshua T ^a   Chuang, Chiou Fen ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Left right asymmetry; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM ION; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPISTASIS; EPITHALAMUS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 76449097754     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.038695     Document Type: Review

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