Expression of the actin gene family in embryos of the sea urchin Lytechinus pictus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 306-317

  Fang, Hung ^a   Brandhorst, Bruce P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS PICTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0030038179     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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