Zebrafish and Medaka: New model organisms for modern biomedical research

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lin, Cheng Yung ^a   Chiang, Cheng Yi ^a   Tsai, Huai Jen ^a  

^a MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Disease model organism; Gene regulation; in vivo expression; Transgenic fish

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DIOXIN; ESTROGEN; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MOOD STABILIZER; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIMESULIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; QUIZARTINIB;

BIOSENSOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS LATIPES; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSGENIC FISH; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; ORYZIAS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZIAS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84957825050     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12929-016-0236-5     Document Type: Review

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