The zebrafish homeobox gene irxl1 is required for brain and pharyngeal arch morphogenesis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 639-650

  Chuang, Han Ni ^a,b   Cheng, Hsiao Yun ^a   Hsiao, Kuang Ming ^b   Lin, Chieh Wen ^a   Lin, Mei Ling ^a   Pan, Huichin ^a,c  

^a Chug Shan Medical University   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Homeobox; Iroquois; Pharyngeal arches; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN IRXL 1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOD PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IROQUOIS HOMEOBOX LIKE 1A GENE; IROQUOIS HOMEOBOX LIKE 1B GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGEAL ARCH DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; INJECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEURAL CREST; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRANCHIAL REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHONDROCYTES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL CREST; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77951933457     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22186     Document Type: Article

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