An alternatively spliced gene encoding a Y-box protein showing maternal expression and tissue-specific zygotic expression in the ascidian embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 631-640

  Wada, Michiko R ^a   Ohtani, Yoshiaki ^a   Shibata, Yumiko ^a   Tanaka, Kimio J ^a   Tanimoto, Naomi ^a   Nishikata, Takahito ^a  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Maternal mRNA; Muscle differentiation; RNA binding; Y box protein

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031758353     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-4-00007.x     Document Type: Article

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