Specification of developmental fates in ascidian embryos: Molecular approach to maternal determinants and signaling molecules

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2002, Pages 227-276

  Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Cell fate specification; Cell signaling; Embryogenesis; Embryonic induction; Maternal determinants; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; HALOCYNTHIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI;

EID: 0036261197     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(02)17016-1     Document Type: Review

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