Retinoic acid perturbs Otx gene expression in the ascidian pharynx

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 129-139

  Hinman, Veronica F ^a   Degnan, Bernard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Chordate evolution; Herdmania curvata; Otx; Pharynx; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL LINEAGE; CHORDATA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; NERVE CORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0033997319     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050019     Document Type: Article

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