Isolation, characterization, and expression of Le-msx, a maternally expressed member of the msx gene family from the glossiphoniid leech, Helobdella

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 404-419

  Master, Viraj A ^a   Kourakis, Matthew J ^b   Martindale, Mark Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

gene phylogeny; homeobox gene; leech; msx gene class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DACTINOMYCIN; ECTODERM; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECHES; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANNELIDA; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HELOBDELLA; HELOBDELLA ROBUSTA; HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 0029859921     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199612)207:4<404::AID-AJA5>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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