Zebrafish as a model system to study skin biology and pathology

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e21-

  Li, Qiaoli ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DERMIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; FISH GENETICS; FISH MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MELANOMA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PEMPHIGOID; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SKIN DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84900831475     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.182     Document Type: Article

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