Ascidian homologs of mammalian thyroid transcription factor-1 gene are expressed in the endostyle

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 559-565

  Ogasawara, Michio ^a   Di Lauro, Roberto ^b   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033147637     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.559     Document Type: Article

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