Formation of the spinal network in zebrafish determined by domain-specific pax genes

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1562-1579

  Ikenaga, Takanori ^a   Urban, Jason M ^a   Gebhart, Nichole ^b   Hatta, Kohei ^c   Kawakami, Koichi ^d,e   Ono, Fumihito ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Differentiation; Gene trap; Paired box gene; Spinal cord; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INTERNEURON; MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PAX2A GENE; PAX8 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 79954572863     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22585     Document Type: Article

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