An amphioxus netrin gene is expressed in midline structures during embryonic and larval development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 337-344

  Shimeld, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Axon guidance; Floor plate; Netrin; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

NETRIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMPHIBIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033944628     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270000073     Document Type: Article

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