posterior end mark, a novel maternal gene encoding a localized factor in the ascidian embryo

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2005-2012

  Yoshida, Shoko ^a   Marikawa, Yusuke ^a,b   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Cytoplasmic factors; Localization; Maternal messenger RNA; Patterning; posterior end mark

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; ZYGOTE;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030038662     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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