Analyzing gene regulation in ascidian embryos: New tools for new perspectives

Differentiation

Volumn 70, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 132-139

  Di Gregorio, Anna ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Body plan; Electroporation; Gene regulation; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASCIDIACEA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MESODERM; MICROINJECTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TAIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOSAICISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOMICS; MOSAICISM; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0036594371     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2002.700402.x     Document Type: Review

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