Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones for β-tubulin genes as a molecular marker for neural cell differentiation in the ascidian embryo

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 551-557

  Miya, Takahito ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

tubulin genes; Ascidians; Molecular marker; Neural cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ISOLATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUBULIN; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030756410     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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