Ascidian tyrosinase gene: Its unique structure and expression in the developing brain

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-374

  Sato, Shigeru ^a   Masuya, Hiroshi ^b   Numakunai, Takaharu ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^c   Ikeo, Kazuho ^b   Gojobori, Takashi ^b   Tamura, Koji ^a   Ide, Hiroyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Takuji ^d   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ascidian embryo; melanin; pigment cell; tyrosinase; vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TADPOLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHROMATOPHORES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0031055347     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199703)208:3<363::AID-AJA7>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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