A starfish homolog of mouse T-brain-1 is expressed in the archenteron of Asterina pectinifera embryos: Possible involvement of two T-box genes in starfish gastrulation

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-68

  Shoguchi, Eiichi ^a   Satoh, Nori ^a   Maruyama, Yoshihiko K ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ap Tbr; Brachyury; Expression pattern; Gastrulation; Starfish embryos; T brain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FETAL PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STARFISH; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

ASTERIAS; ASTERINA PECTINIFERA; ASTEROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034090257     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2000.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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