Characterization of an amphioxus paired box gene, AmphiPax2/5/8: Developmental expression patterns in optic support cells, nephridium, thyroid-like structures and pharyngeal gill slits, but not in the midbrain-hindbrain boundary region

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1295-1304

  Kozmik, Zbynek ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^b   Kalousova, Anna ^a   Paces, Jan ^a   Schubert, Michael ^b   Holland, Linda Z ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gill slit; Isthmic region; Mes metencephalic region; Midbrain hindbrain boundary; Nephridium pronephros; Otic placode; Pax; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOBOX; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN STEM; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GILLS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032946760     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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