Homeobox genes exhibit evolutionary conserved regionalization in the central nervous system of an ascidian larva

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 479-482

  Katsuyama, You ^a   Wada, Shuichi ^a   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HOMEOBOX; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UROCHORDATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; MURINAE; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030174867     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.479     Document Type: Article

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