Differential gene expression and intracellular mRNA localization of amphioxus actin isoforms throughout development: Implications for conserved mechanisms of chordate development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 203-215

  Kusakabe, Rie ^a,b   Kusakabe, Takehiro ^b   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^c   Holland, Linda Z ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Amphioxus; Chordate evolution; Tissue specific gene expression

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GASTRULA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SOMITE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0030670309     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050109     Document Type: Article

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