Expression cloning in ascidians: Isolation of a novel member of the asctacin protease family

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-86

  Davis, Shannon W ^a   Smith, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Astacin metalloprotease; Expression cloning; Mesenchyme; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ASTACIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GASTRULA; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; XENOPUS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036944558     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0211-x     Document Type: Article

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