Mutations affecting tail and notochord development in the ascidian Ciona savignyi

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3293-3301

  Nakatani, Yuki ^a   Moody, Robert ^a   Smith, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Chobi; Chongmague; Ciona savignyi; Morphogenesis; Notochord

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATION; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; TAIL; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0032842761     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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