Evidence for the presence of the tissue-specific transcription factor Pit-1 in lancelet larvae

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 310-316

  Candiani, Simona ^a   Pestarino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma lanceolatum; Ontogeny; POU transcription factor; SEM; Western blotting; Wholemount immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS; LARVA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 0032569607     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981026)400:3<310::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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