Cytoskeletal actin genes function downstream of HNF-3β in ascidian notochord development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1085-1092

  Jeffery, William R ^a,b,c   Ewing, Nicholas ^c,d,e   Machula, Jana ^c,d   Olsen, Catherine L ^b,c,d   Swalla, Billie J ^a,c,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian tadpole larva; Cytoskeletal actin; Forkhead genes; Notochord development; Regressive evolution

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLGULA OCCULTA; MOLGULA OCULATA;

EID: 0031744045     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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