Article
Mutations affecting the formation of the notochord in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 1996
Odenthal J, Haffter P, Vogelsang E, Brand M, van Eeden F J, Furutani-Seiki M, Granato M, Hammerschmidt M, Heisenberg C P, Jiang Y J, Kane D A, Kelsh R N, Mullins M C, Warga R M, Allende M L, Weinberg E S, Nüsslein-Volhard C
Abstract excerpt
In a large scale screen for mutants with defects in the embryonic development of the zebrafish we identified mutations in four genes,floating head (flh), momo (mom), no tail (ntl), and doc, that are required for early notochord formation. Mutations in flh and ntl have been described previously, w...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes
- Genetic Markers
- Mesoderm
- Mutation
- Notochord
- Zebrafish