Unusual number and genomic organization of Hox genes in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis

Gene

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Spagnuolo, Antonietta ^a   Ristoratore, Filomena ^a   Di Gregorio, Anna ^a,b   Aniello, Francesco ^a,c   Branno, Margherita ^a   Di Lauro, Roberto ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Chromosome walking; Cluster Hox; Spatial and temporal colinearity

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0037648873     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00488-8     Document Type: Article

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