A zebrafish melanophore model of amyloidβ toxicity

Zebrafish

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Newman, Morgan ^a   Wilson, Lachlan ^a   Camp, Esther ^a,e   Verdile, Giuseppe ^b,c,d   Martins, Ralph ^b,c,d   Lardelli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITFA PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; PRIMER DNA; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77953627393     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2009.0628     Document Type: Article

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