Multiple functions of a Zic-like gene in the differentiation of notochord, central nervous system and muscle in Ciona savignyi embryos

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2723-2732

  Imai, Kaoru S ^a   Satou, Yutaka ^a   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ciona savignyi; CNS; Cs ZicL; Multiple functions; Muscle; Notochord; Zic like gene

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CS ZICL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA SAVIGNYI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036336868     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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