Phenoloxidase, a marker enzyme for differentiation of the neural ectoderm and the epidermal ectoderm during embryonic development of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtaunese

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-109

  Li, Guorong ^a   Zhang, Shicui ^b   Xiang, Jianhai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Differentiation; Nervous system; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; INVERTEBRATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MELANINS; MESODERM; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEURONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034255225     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00375-0     Document Type: Article

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