Characterization of an ascidian maternal T-box gene, As-mT

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1093-1100

  Takada, Norio ^a,b   Tagawa, Kunifumi ^a,c   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Gene overexpression embryogenesis retardation; Maternal T box gene; Spatial expression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031744242     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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