Identification and developmental expression of Ci-msxb: A novel homologue of Drosophila msh gene in Ciona intestinalis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-126

  Aniello, Francesco ^a   Locascio, Annamaria ^a   Villani, Maria Grazia ^a   Di Gregorio, Anna ^a   Fucci, Laura ^b   Branno, Margherita ^a  

^a Zoological Station of Naples   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Development; Homeobox containing gene; Msx; Nervous system; Neural gland; Ocellus; Otolith; Pharynx; Urochordata

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CIONA INTESTINALIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0032857655     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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