Identification and expression analysis of two novel members of the Mesp family in zebrafish

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-294

  Cutty, Stephen J ^a   Fior, Rita ^b,c   Henriques, Pedro M ^b,c   Saúde, Leonor ^b,c   Wardle, Fiona C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conserved regulation; Mesp; Presomitic mesoderm; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MESP AB GENE; MESP BB GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOMITES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CYPRINIDAE; DANIO RERIO; ORYZIINAE; TAKIFUGU; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862102965     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.113447sc     Document Type: Article

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