Distinct neuronal lineages of the ascidian embryo revealed by expression of a sodium channel gene

Developmental Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-272

  Okada, Toshiaki ^a   Hirano, Hiroshi ^b   Takahashi, Kunitaro ^c   Okamura, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; HALOCYNTHIA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031572769     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8708     Document Type: Article

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