Identification and characterization of maternally expressed genes with mRNAs that are segregated with the endoplasm of early ascidian embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-133

  Imai, Kaoru ^a   Satoh, Nori ^a   Satou, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Endoderm; Endoplasm; Localized maternal mRNAs; Notochord

Indexed keywords

DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENDODERM; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINEAGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA SAVIGNYI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032925648     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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