Search for the evolutionary origin of a brain: Planarian brain characterized by microarray

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 784-791

  Nakazawa, Masumi ^a,b   Cebrià, Francesc ^b,c,d   Mineta, Katsuhiko ^a   Ikeo, Kazuho ^a   Agata, Kiyokazu ^b,c   Gojobori, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Microarray; Origin of brain; Planarian

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SCREENING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURBELLARIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANARIANS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038031970     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg086     Document Type: Article

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