Muscle actin genes and muscle cells in the appendicularian, Oikopleura longicauda: Phylogenetic relationships among muscle tissues in the urochordates

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-150

  Nishino, Atsuo ^a   Satou, Yutaka ^a   Morisawa, Masaaki ^b   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHORDATA; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; DOLIOLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OIKOPLEURA LONGICAUDA; SALPIDA;

EID: 0034663595     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010x(20000815)288:2<135::aid-jez5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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