Heads or tails? Amphioxus and the evolution of anterior-posterior patterning in deuterostomes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-228

  Holland, Linda Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Brachyury; Catenin; Caudal; Echinoderm; Hemichordate; Notch; Sea urchin; Tail bud; Tunicate; Wingless; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BRACHYURY; CAUDATE; GENE PRODUCT; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BLASTULA; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULATION; INVOLUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIOXUS; ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037081186     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0503     Document Type: Article

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