Pattern of Brachyury gene expression in starfish embryos resembles that of hemichordate embryos but not of sea urchin embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Shoguchi, Eiichi ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a   Maruyama, Yoshihiko K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ApBra; Brachyury gene; Echinoderms and hemichordates; Embryos and larvae; Expression pattern; Starfish embryos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARFISH; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032977738     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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