A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis. I. Genes for bHLH transcription factors

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 213, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 213-221

  Satou, Yutaka ^a   Imai, Kaoru S ^a   Levine, Michael ^b   Kohara, Yuji ^c   Rokhsar, Daniel ^d   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal chordates; Ciona intestinalis; Genes for basic helix loop helix proteins; Genomewide survey

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038150206     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0319-7     Document Type: Article

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