Autonomy of ascidian fork head/HNF-3 gene expression

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 143-154

  Shimauchi, Yoshie ^a   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Autonomous expression; Endoderm; Fork head HNF 3 gene; Notochord; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMERES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031415052     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00162-7     Document Type: Article

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