Effect of vascular cadherin knockdown on zebrafish vasculature during development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mitchell, Ian C ^a   Brown, Timothy S ^a   Terada, Lance S ^a   Amatruda, James F ^a   Nwariaku, Fiemu E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ARREST; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD VESSELS; CADHERINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77649302419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008807     Document Type: Article

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