CnNK-2, and NK-2 homeobox gene, has a role in patterning the basal end of the axis in hydra

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 473-488

  Grens, Ann ^a,b   Gee, Lydia ^a   Fisher, Douglas A ^a,c   Bode, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 0030589576     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0321     Document Type: Article

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