Structure and developmental expression of the ascidian TRP gene: Insights into the evolution of pigment cell-specific gene expression

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-237

  Sato, Shigeru ^a,d   Toyoda, Reiko ^a   Katsuyama, You ^b   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^b   Numakunai, Takaharu ^a   Ikeo, Kazuho ^c   Gojobori, Takashi ^c   Yajima, Ichiro ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryos; Chordates; Melanin; Pigment cells; Tyrosinase; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINEAGE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME INDUCTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; EYE PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GOLDFISH; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; INTRONS; LARVA; MAMMALS; MELANINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032995671     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199907)215:3<225::AID-AJA5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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