Fluorescent Transgenic Zebrafish Tg(nkx2.2a:mEGFP) Provides a Highly Sensitive Monitoring Tool for Neurotoxins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Gong, Zhiyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ATENOLOL; ATRAZINE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LINDANE; MEFENAMIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOTONEURON; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ATENOLOL; ATRAZINE; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ETHANOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LINDANE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84873263600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055474     Document Type: Article

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