Visualizing the sonic hedgehog gradient in zebrafish embryos.

Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) is a lipid modified protein secreted by the notochord and the floor plate during vertebrate development. It acts as a graded morphogen, inducing the specification of distinct cell identities in the ventral neural tube in a concentration-dependent manner. To study the gradient fo...

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Main Author: Loh, Rachel Ann Wen Yuan.
Other Authors: Surajit Bhattacharyya
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49335
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English