The serine-threonine protein kinase PAK4 is dispensable in zebrafish: Identification of a morpholino-generated pseudophenotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Law, Sheran H W ^a   Sargent, Thomas D ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 4; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDONUCLEASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; PAK4 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOPHENOTYPE; RNA GENE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ZEBRA FISH; ALLELE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; INDEL MUTATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDONUCLEASES; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; INDEL MUTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOLINOS; MUTATION; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PHENOTYPE; RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84903291853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100268     Document Type: Article

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