Genetic targeting and anatomical registration of neuronal populations in the zebrafish brain with a new set of BAC transgenic tools

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Förster, Dominique ^a   Arnold Ammer, Irene ^a   Laurell, Eva ^a   Barker, Alison J ^a,b   Fernandes, António M ^a   Finger Baier, Karin ^a   Filosa, Alessandro ^a,b   Helmbrecht, Thomas O ^a   Kölsch, Yvonne ^a   Kühn, Enrico ^a   Robles, Estuardo ^a,c   Slanchev, Krasimir ^a   Thiele, Tod R ^a,d   Baier, Herwig ^a   Kubo, Fumi ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; NEURONS; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 85024109028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04657-x     Document Type: Article

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