An essential role of a FoxD gene in notochord induction in Ciona embryos

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3441-3453

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciona embryos; Endoderm; FoxD; Notochord specification; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOXD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ASCIDIACEA; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO INDUCTION; ENDODERM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036638233     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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