Formation of the chordamesoderm in the amphioxus embryo: Analysis with Brachyury and fork head/HNF-3 genes

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Terazawa, Kouzou ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphioxus embryos; Brachyury gene; Chordamesoderm formation; Evolution of chordates; fork head HNF 3 gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; TAIL;

EID: 0030967671     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050086     Document Type: Article

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