Vegetal cell fate specification and anterior neuroectoderm formation by Hroth, the ascidian homologue of orthodenticle/otx

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-77

  Wada, Shuichi ^a   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior neuroectoderm; Ascidian; Induction; Mesoendoderm; Otx; Specification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDODERM; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MESODERM; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0033021879     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00012-X     Document Type: Article

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