Transgenic tools to characterize neuronal properties of discrete populations of zebrafish neurons

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3927-3931

  Satou, Chie ^a   Kimura, Yukiko ^a   Hirata, Hiromi ^b,c   Suster, Maximiliano L ^b,d   Kawakami, Koichi ^b   Higashijima, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Domain organization; Neurotransmitter phenotype; Spinal cord; Transcription factors; Transgenic zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 1; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

DOMAIN ORGANIZATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER PHENOTYPE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENIC ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHENOTYPE; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84883216511     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.099531     Document Type: Article

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