Coral development: From classical embryology to molecular control

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 671-678

  Ball, Eldon E ^a   Hayward, David C ^a   Reece Hoyes, John S ^a,b   Hislop, Nikki R ^a,b   Samuel, Gabrielle ^d   Saint, Robert ^d   Harrison, Peter L ^c   Miller, David J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acropora; EST; Hox; Nuclear receptor; Pax

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

COELENTERATE; CORAL; DEVELOPMENT; DNA BINDING; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; METAZOON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MILLEPORA; SCLERACTINIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036371119     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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