Region specific gene expressions in the central nervous system of the ascidian embryo

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 319-321

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Brain; Central nervous system; Engrailed; Fibroblast growth factor; Otx; Pax

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 16; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 17; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 18; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 20; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN EN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036952306     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00383-0     Document Type: Article

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