Characterization of amphioxus AmphiWnt8: Insights into the evolution of patterning of the embryonic dorsoventral axis

Evolution and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-92

  Schubert, Michael ^a   Holland, Linda Z ^a   Panopoulou, Georgia D ^b   Lehrach, Hans ^b   Holland, Nicholas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIOXUS; AMPHIWNT8 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BODY PATTERNING; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0033945922     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2000.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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