AmphiNk2-tin, an amphioxus homeobox gene expressed in myocardial progenitors: Insights into evolution of the vertebrate heart

Developmental Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-137

  Holland, Nicholas D ^a   Venkatesh, Tyamagondlu V ^b,d   Holland, Linda Z ^a   Jacobs, David K ^c   Bodmer, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenesis; Cephalochordate; Lancelet; NK2 class homeobox

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; DROSOPHILA; ENDODERM; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HOMEOBOX; INTESTINE; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMITE; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; DROSOPHILA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037333508     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(02)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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