Agrin function associated with ocular development is a target of ethanol exposure in embryonic zebrafish

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-141

  Zhang, Chengjin ^a   Turton, Qwan M ^a   Mackinnon, Shanta ^a   Sulik, Kathleen K ^b,c   Cole, Gregory J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Heparan sulfate proteoglycan; Mbx; Ocular development; Pax6; Sonic hedgehog; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALCOHOL; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROPHTHALMIA; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHANOL; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MICROPHTHALMOS; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHENOTYPE; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 79952605629     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20766     Document Type: Article

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