The forkhead gene FH1 is involved in evolutionary modification of the ascidian tadpole larva

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 49-58

  Olsen, Catherine L ^a,c   Natzle, Jeanette E ^a   Jeffery, William R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense inhibition; Ascidian development; Chordate body plan; Evolution of larval development; Forkhead genes

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRID; LARVA; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TADPOLE; TAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; MOLGULA OCCULTA; MOLGULA OCULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033166945     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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