A forkhead gene related to HNF-3β is required for gastrulation and axis formation in the ascidian embryo

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3609-3619

  Olsen, Catherine L ^a,c   Jeffery, William R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Axis development; Forkhead gene; Gastrulation; HNF 3 ; MocuFH1; Notochord formation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA ACTIN; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENOME; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE CELL; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; LARVA; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLES; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; DANIO RERIO; MOLGULA OCULATA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030785483     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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