Use of Zebrafish and Knockdown Technology to Define Proprotein Convertase Activity

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 768, Issue , 2011, Pages 273-296

  Chitramuthu, Babykumari P ^a   Bennett, Hugh P J ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

immunofluorescence; in situ hybridization; lateral line neuromast; microinjection; morpholino; PCSK5; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; ORGANOGENESIS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054774733     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-204-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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