Ci-GATAa, a GATA-class gene from the ascidian Ciona intestinalis: Isolation and developmental expression

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-148

  D'Ambrosio, Palmira ^a   Fanelli, Albertina ^a   Pischetola, Michele ^a   Spagnuolo, Antonietta ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Brain vesicle; Ciona intestinalis; Development; GATA; Mesenchyme; Trunk lateral cells; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; METAZOA;

EID: 0037217802     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10216     Document Type: Article

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