Conservation of BF-1 expression in amphioxus and zebrafish suggests evolutionary ancestry of anterior cell types that contribute to the vertebrate telencephalon

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 431-439

  Toresson, Håkan ^a   Martinez Barbera, Juan Pedro ^a   Bardsley, Anne ^a   Caubit, Xavier ^b   Krauss, Stefan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Medical Biology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; BF 1; Somites; Telencephalon; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEMISPHERE; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; TELENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TELENCEPHALON; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031790405     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050200     Document Type: Article

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