Temporal expression patterns of 39 Brachyury-downstream genes associated with notochord formation in the Ciona intestinalis embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 657-664

  Hotta, Kohji ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Erives, Albert ^b   Levine, Michael ^b   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Div Genet Devmt 555 Life Sci A   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Brachyury; Downstream genes; Notochord; Temporal expression patterns

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA PROBES; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NOTOCHORD; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033395412     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1999.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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