Expression and functional analysis of Cititf1, an ascidian NK-2 class gene, suggest its role in endoderm development

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 5149-5159

  Ristoratore, Filomena ^a   Spagnuolo, Antonietta ^a   Aniello, Francesco ^a   Branno, Margherita ^a   Fabbrini, Floriana ^a   Di Lauro, Roberto ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Cititf1; Embryonic expression; Endoderm development; Endostyle; Homeobox; NK 2 class; Overexpression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAMORPHOSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033404689     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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