Basic fibroblast growth factor induces notochord formation and the expression of As-T, a Brachyury homolog, during ascidian embryogenesis

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2023-2031

  Nakatani, Yuki ^a   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^b   Satoh, Noriyuki ^b   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

As T; Ascidian embryogenesis; bFGF; Induction; Notochord differentiation

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TADPOLE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; BLASTOMERES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INHIBINS; LARVA; MESODERM; NOTOCHORD; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI;

EID: 0030018671     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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