Pitx genes in Tunicates provide new molecular insight into the evolutionary origin of pituitary

Gene

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 107-113

  Christiaen, Lionel ^a   Burighel, Paolo ^b   Smith, William C ^c   Vernier, Philippe ^a   Bourrat, Franck ^a   Joly, Jean Stéphane ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior neural ridge; Aristaless domain; Ascidian; Hypophysis; Neural complex; Paired class homeodomain; Stomodeum

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; HOMEOBOX; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PITUITARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; BOTRYLLUS; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037012540     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00865-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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