Test cell migration and tunic formation during posthatching development of the larva of the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-126

  Sato, Yoko ^a   Terakado, Kiyoshi ^b   Morisawa, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ascidian larva; metamorphosis; test cell; tunic formation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL MIGRATION; CHORDATA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0030933243     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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