Characterization of two amphioxus Wnt genes (AmphiWnt4 and AmphiWnt7b) with early expression in the developing central nervous system

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-215

  Schubert, Michael ^a   Holland, Linda Z ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Cephalochordate; Lancelet; Neurogenesis; Somitogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033961016     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(200002)217:2<205::AID-DVDY7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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