Ascidian actin genes: Developmental regulation of gene expression and molecular evolution

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 707-718

  Kusakabe, Takehiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; EUKARYOTA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; VERTEBRATA;

ACTIN; CIS TRANS ISOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; UROCHORDATA;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIS-TRANS-ISOMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; PHYLOGENY; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0031243679     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.707     Document Type: Review

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