Analysis of the Ush2a Gene in Medaka Fish (Oryzias latipes)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Aller, Elena ^a,b   Sánchez Sánchez, Ana V ^b,d   Chicote, Javier U ^c   García García, Gema ^b   Udaondo, Patricia ^b,d   Cavallé, Laura ^b,d   Piquer Gil, Marina ^b   García España, Antonio ^c   Díaz Llopis, Manuel ^b,d   Millán, José M ^a,b,d   Mullor, José L ^b,d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA DEL HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS IDISSC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; COCHLEA; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDAKA FISH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; OTOLITH; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; TELEOST; USH2A GENE; USHER SYNDROME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EAR, INNER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOLINOS; ORYZIAS; PHENOTYPE; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884523572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074995     Document Type: Article

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