Ascidian homologs of mammalian thyroid peroxidase genes are expressed in the thyroid-equivalent region of the endostyle

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-169

  Ogasawaka, 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

CHORDATA; ENDOSTYLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PEROXIDASE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033567355     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990815)285:2<158::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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