The characterization of novel Pax genes of the sea urchin and Drosophila reveal an ancient evolutionary origin of the Pax2/5/8 subfamily

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-192

  Czerny, Thomas ^a   Bouchard, Maxime ^a   Kozmi, Zbynek ^b   Busslinger, Meinrad ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Drosophila; Pax genes; PNS; Sea urchin; TSAP

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SENSE ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECHINOIDEA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030781932     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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