PUBLICATION

Gene regulation technologies in zebrafish

Authors
Esengil, H., and Chen, J.K.
ID
ZDB-PUB-080327-5
Date
2008
Source
Molecular Biosystems   4(4): 300-308 (Review)
Registered Authors
Chen, James K.
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression Regulation/physiology*
  • Genetic Engineering*
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
PubMed
18354783 Full text @ Mol. Biosyst.
Abstract
Achieving the potential of zebrafish models in biomedical research is contingent on the development of reverse-genetic resources. This review describes current technologies for genetic perturbations in zebrafish, including an ecdysone receptor-based system that permits conditional transgene expression. Such methodologies promise to enable new zebrafish models for interrogating human physiology and disease.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping