Requirement of the Manx gene for expression of chordate features in a tailless ascidian larva

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5290, 1996, Pages 1205-1208

  Swalla, Billie J ^a,b   Jeffery, William R ^b,c,d,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; NOTOCHORD; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TAIL; THIONUCLEOTIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; UROCHORDATA; ZINC FINGERS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 0029912767     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5290.1205     Document Type: Article

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50. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Alain Maron, whose expertise in collecting M. occulta and M. oculata was essential for these experiments. We thank J. Machula, D. Martasian, and J. Reardon for technical assistance; A. Toulmond, N. Sanséau, and L. Meijer for use of laboratory facilities at the Station Biologique; and R. Maxson for discussions on the use of antisense ODNs. Supported by NSF grants IBN 9304958 (B.J.S.) and DCB-915543 (W.R.J.) and NIH grant HD-13970 (W.R.J.).