Characterization of the zebrafish tbx16 gene and evolution of the vertebrate T-box family

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-99

  Ruvinsky, Ilya ^a   Silver, Lee M ^a   Ho, Robert K ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Paraxial mesoderm; T box; Tail bud; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIL; TATA BOX; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031745581     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050158     Document Type: Article

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