The evolution of the hedgehog gene family in chordates: Insights from amphioxus hedgehog

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-47

  Shimeld, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Asymmetry; Floor plate; Hedgehog; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; DROSOPHILA; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BODY PATTERNING; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032902081     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050225     Document Type: Article

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