Ultraviolet-sensitive ooplasmic factors are responsible for the development of an endoderm-specific alkaline phosphatase in the ascidian embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-173

  Marikawa, Yusuke ^b   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ascidian; cell fusion; egg fragments; endoderm determinants; UV sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL FUSION; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029972952     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.t01-1-00006.x     Document Type: Article

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