An ascidian homologue of vertebrate BMPs-5-8 is expressed in the midline of the anterior neuroectoderm and in the midline of the ventral epidermis of the embryo

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-190

  Miya, Takahito ^a   Morita, Kiyokazu ^b   Ueno, Naoto ^b   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian homologue; Embryonic expression; Midline of neuroectoderm; Midline of ventral epidermis; Vertebrate BMP 5 8

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL INTERACTION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; TAIL;

EID: 0030200444     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(96)00545-X     Document Type: Article

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