Hematopoietic development in the zebrafish

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 1127-1137

  Paik, Elizabeth J ^a   Zon, Leonard I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitive hematopoiesis; Hemangioblast; Hematopoietic stem cell; HSC; Primitive hematopoiesis

Indexed keywords

BLOODLESS PROTEIN; CLOCHE PROTEIN; FISH PROTEIN; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN C MYB; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMO2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX16; TRANSCRIPTIONAL INTERMEDIATE FACTOR 1 GAMMA; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL HOMING; CELL MATURATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SPECIFICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; HEMANGIOBLAST; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MESODERM; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77954853502     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.093042ep     Document Type: Review

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