Novel gene containing multiple epidermal growth factor-like motifs transiently expressed in the papillae of the ascidian tadpole larvae

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-273

  Arnold, Jeremy M ^a   Eri, Rajaraman ^a,b   Degnan, Bernard M ^b   Lavin, Martin F ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidian; EGF like domain; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TADPOLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030665152     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199711)210:3<264::AID-AJA7>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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