Sequence and developmental expression of amphioxus AmphiNk2-1: Insights into the evolutionary origin of the vertebrate thyroid gland and forebrain

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 254-259

  Venkatesh, Tyamagondlu V ^a,c   Holland, Nicholas D ^b   Holland, Linda Z ^b   Su, Ming Tsan ^a   Bodmer, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cephalochordata; Diencephalon; Endostyle; Lancelet; NK2 homeobox

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MIDGUT; NERVE CORD; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CEPHALOCHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033042451     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050250     Document Type: Article

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