Central nervous system-specific expression of G protein α subunits in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1079-1088

  Yoshida, Reiko ^a   Kusakabe, Takehiro ^a   Kamatani, Megumi ^a   Daitoh, Motonari ^a   Tsuda, Motoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Ascidians; Central nervous system; Heterotrimeric G protein; Phototransduction

Indexed keywords

HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 0036826186     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.1079     Document Type: Article

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