Spatial expression of α and β tubulin genes in the late embryogenesis of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1033-1041

  Casano, Caterina ^a   Ragusa, Maria ^a   Cutrera, Massimo ^a   Costa, Salvatore ^a   Gianguzza, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

and tubulin expression; endoderm territory; in situ hybridization; neural territory; sea urchin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PROBES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA URCHINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 0029908894     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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