Hemps, a novel EGF-like protein, plays a central role in ascidian metamorphosis

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5809-5818

  Eri, Rajaraman ^a,b   Arnold, Jeremy M ^a   Hinman, Veronica F ^b   Green, Kathryn M ^b   Jones, Malcolm K ^b   Degnan, Bernard M ^b   Lavin, Martin F ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidian; EGF like protein; Herdmania curvata; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0033375699     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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