Development of pigment cells in the brain of ascidian tadpole larvae: Insights into the origins of vertebrate pigment cells

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 428-436

  Sato, Shigeru ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordates; Ciona intestinalis; Halocynthia roretzi; Melanosome; Transcriptional regulation; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; HALOCYNTHIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

MELANIN; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MELANINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PIGMENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0035542877     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2001.140602.x     Document Type: Review

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