Establishment of a transgenic zebrafish line for superficial skin ablation and functional validation of apoptosis modulators in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Chi Fang ^a,b   Chu, Che Yu ^b   Chen, Te Hao ^c   Lee, Shyh Jye ^d   Shen, Chia Ning ^a,e   Hsiao, Chung Der ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAT3 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; SKIN; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 79957866179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020654     Document Type: Article

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