Genomic organization and promoter and transcription regulatory regions for the expression in the anterior brain (sensory vesicle) of Hroth, the otx homologue of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-113

  Oda Ishii, Izumi ^a   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior brain; Ascidian; Central nervous system; cis regulatory region; otx; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HROTH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; HROTH GENE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTX GENE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SENSORY VESICLE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UROCHORDATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037407581     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10295     Document Type: Article

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