Expression of an Msx homeobox gene in ascidians: Insights into the archetypal chordate expression pattern

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 308-318

  Ma, Liang ^a,e   Swalla, Billie J ^b,c,f   Zhou, Jing ^b,c   Dobias, Sonia L ^a   Bell, Jeffrey R ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Maxson, Robert E ^a,d   Jeffery, William R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Chordates; Msx homeobox

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLGULA CITRINA; MOLGULA OCULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029863211     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199603)205:3<308::AID-AJA10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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