Conservation of the developmental role of Brachyury in notochord formation in a Urochordate, the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

Developmental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 158-170

  Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032529316     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8958     Document Type: Article

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