Expression of the head gene Lox22-Otx in the leech Helobdella and the origin of the bilaterian body plan

Developmental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-112

  Bruce, Ashley E E ^a,c   Shankland, Marty ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECH; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANNELIDA; BILATERIA; HELOBDELLA; HELOBDELLA TRISERIALIS; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032168392     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8968     Document Type: Article

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