Fgf genes in the basal chordate Ciona intestinalis

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 432-438

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Ciona intestinalis; Ciona savignyi; Fibroblast growth factors

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036939056     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0266-8     Document Type: Article

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