HrWnt-5: A maternally expressed ascidian Wnt gene with posterior localization in early embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 573-579

  Sasakura, Yasunori ^a   Ogasawara, Michio ^a   Makabe, Kazuhiro W ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Maternal mRNA; Posterior; Wnt5

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMERES; CELL POLARITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGG PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; UROCHORDATA; WNT PROTEINS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA SAVIGNYI; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031780256     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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